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MIAMI, June 10, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The National Parkinson Foundation (NPF) released an important study stressing the importance of neurologist care at the 18th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders in Stockholm this week. The key finding is that expert neurologist care not only saves about 4,600 lives, but better access to this. 
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Motor Neurone Disease sufferer Ian Pratt is recording advice for his three-year-old so he can be there for her when she is older.
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Former Alabama and NFL fullback Kevin Turner served as a panelist at a legislative briefing on the long-term consequences of sports-related brain injuries and concussions for the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging and the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force. Turner said only a few words on Wednesday in Washington - not because he didn't have plenty he wanted to say, but because the disease that's taking his life bit by bit makes it hard for him to be understood.
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After a summit on the disease last year, Team Gleason is now starting 'Answer ALS,' setting up a council of patients, care givers, doctors, researchers, and pharmaceutical companies to find new therapies for treatment, like using stem cells.
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CHESHIRE -- Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced Tuesday that its drug Soliris has been approved to treat a rare, debilitating neurological disorder.
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The pattern of brain alterations may be similar in several different neurodegenerative diseases, which opens the door to alternative therapeutic strategies to tackle these diseases, experts say.
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PatientsLikeMe has unveiled some programs it thinks will make it easier for pharma companies and patients to collaborate on clinical trials.
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Boston Scientific said last week its surgical treatment of Parkinson's disease has been found to improve motor scores and decrease medication usage.
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When Adam Davidson was 3 months old, doctors told his parents that he would never walk or talk because of cerebral palsy and other disorders. ...
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Researchers at Oregon State University have determined that a copper compound known of for decades may for the basis of a therapy for ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease.
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A young girl has invented a spill proof cup for her grandfather whose unsteady hands were causing him to spill drinks. Lily Born of Chicago began imaging solutions a few years ago dreaming of ways to help him cope better with Parkinson's. Then, she had an idea to attach legs onto his tumbler to prevent it from spilling. The Kangaroo Cup was born.
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A brain-scanning technique that detects early signs of Parkinson's holds out the hope of tackling the disease before it starts to cause symptoms. Researchers identified patients with early-stage Parkinson's disease with 85% accuracy using a special type of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan.
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The diagnosis was ALS. Lou Gehrig's disease. Augie Nieto seemed far too healthy, far too blessed and far too young for such a fate. That was nine years ago. By most expectations, Augie should be dead. But next weekend, at a park by the Pacific Ocean, Augie plans to walk his daughter down the aisle.
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In a breakthrough that may help in developing drugs for Alzheimer's and other neurological disorders, researchers have developed a 3D view of an important receptor in the brain.
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As Vashti Ross prepares to lose her ability to speak, she is recording her voice now with the help of a computer program called Model Talker.
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Thank you for visiting our page. We are posting this page in an effort to help Paul in his fight with ALS Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, better known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. Paul began his struggle with this disease at the age of 48. He courageously faced this disease with confidence and without...
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We are so very blessed to have the family, friends, and friends of friends who have been willing to share this journey with us. Thank yo so very much to all of you who have donated to us to help keep Paul healthy and share our burden. It was hard for us to have to "ask" again, we have had to ask for assistance in other areas over the past few years and it is humbling to have to do so. But we knew it was time and there were no other options. Thank you, Thank you.!
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Spine Surgery | Researchers at the Mayo Clinic hope that a Phase I clinical trial will enable them to guide newly grown stem cells to become protective of neuromuscular function and that it will shed light on ways to halt or slow the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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Happy Birthday Lou Gehrig! Lou Gehrig Biography & Video: http://www.biography.com/people/lou-gehrig-9308266#awesm=~oHEtGzfShmc1QX
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Ravens senior advisor to player development O.J. Brigance has won the George Halas award presented annually by the Pro Football Writers of America.
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Researchers from Emory's Rollins School of Public Health discovered that an increase in the protein that helps store dopamine, a critical brain chemical, led to enhanced dopamine neurotransmission and protection from a Parkinson's disease-related neurotoxin in mice.
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Eye tracking augmented reality glasses that revolutionize the hands free interface. Specially designed for ALS, MD and SCI patients.
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For people like Stephen, who suffer from unmet medical conditions, the MODDERN Cures Act isn't just another piece of proposed legislation; it could mean the promise of additional years spent in the company of loved ones.
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A pharma startup called Lysosomal Therapeutics explores the relationship between Gaucher disease and Parkinson's disease to develop new treatments for both.
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