by Bruce Brown | July 4, 2017 | General News, Medical
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, trailing only Alzheimer’s Disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 1% of the population aged 60 have Parkinson’s and the...
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by Alfred Poor | April 7, 2017 | General News, Medical
I recently flew across the Pacific Ocean. It was a long flight, but the experience was made much more comfortable because I wore noise-cancelling earphones that eliminated the droning rumble of the aircraft engines. As strange as it may seem, the same concept may be...
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by Alfred Poor | March 10, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Medical
Parkinson’s Disease is a chronic, debilitating disease for which there is currently no cure, yet it affects seven to 10 million people worldwide. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ranks complications from the disease as the 14th leading cause...
by riddhi | September 25, 2015 | Health, Medical
Parkinson’s Disease is a movement disorder in which the patient may experience tremor, slow movements, stiff joints, and impaired gait. Some patients have found relief through the use of deep brain stimulation (DBS) treatments. Companies have been working towards...
by Alfred Poor | September 12, 2014 | Medical
More than 6 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, which is just one of many chronic movement disorders. The tremors and other uncontrolled movements can be treated using the medicine levodopa, which increases the amount of...
