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      <title>Placebo-induced Dopamine Release in PD Patients Varies with Expectation of Active Medication</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1282919864</link>
      <description>The degree of dopamine release induced by placebo varies with the patient's expectation of receiving...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>NIH Conference Explores the Use of Sham Surgery</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1282674610</link>
      <description>By Jim Beck, Ph.D.&#xD;
In clinical trials that test new drugs for Parkinson&amp;amp;rsquo;s disease, the process...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Apply to PDF's 2010 Clinical Research Learning Institute</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1282673741</link>
      <description>You can contribute to the development of new treatments and a cure for Parkinson's. How?&#xD;
Apply to the...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Join CISCRP's AWARE for All Clinical Research Education Day in Durham, NC</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1282589817</link>
      <description>The Center for Information &amp;amp; Study on Clinical Research is hosting a clinical research education day...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Immune System Gene Linked with Parkinson's: Study</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1281963638</link>
      <description>A gene linked with the immune system may play a role in developing Parkinson's disease, researchers said...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Rare Sharing of Data Leads to Progress on Alzheimer&#x92;s</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1281707035</link>
      <description>In 2003, a group of scientists and executives from the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Overlook Researchers To Study Tai Chi As A Way To Help Parkinson&#x92;s Patients</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1281450658</link>
      <description>SUMMIT &amp;amp;mdash; Experts at the Atlantic Neuroscience Institute at Overlook Hospital plan to study the...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>UC Parkinson's Treatment Shows Promise</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1281450214</link>
      <description>Every morning, from about 8:30 to 10, Dan Truesdale froze up.&#xD;
His muscles grew rigid, locked in place...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>How Parkinson's Alters the Brain</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1281449797</link>
      <description>Patients with Parkinson's disease are known to exhibit slowed movements and tremors, but one aspect of...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Early Studies on CoQ10's Benefits are Encouraging</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1280934613</link>
      <description>Recent studies suggest CoQ10 can help people with a variety of conditions. The following are some examples.&#xD;
Alzheimer's...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Sleep Disorder May Signal Neuro Conditions to Come</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1280409563</link>
      <description>REM sleep behavior disorder -- in which dreams are accompanied by excessive movement -- may be a sign...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Low vitamin D levels 'linked to Parkinson's disease'</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1279201954</link>
      <description>Their study of 3,000 people, published in Archives of Neurology, found people with the lowest levels...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Arizona Parkinson's Disease Victims Step Up for Study</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1278531485</link>
      <description>Seven years ago, it started with trembling in her hands and jaw. A year later, Sun City resident Gloria...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Rogue Cells Explain Parkinson's Transplant Problem: Study</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1278530320</link>
      <description>Scientists working with Parkinson's disease patients who had pioneering transplant surgery using aborted...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Sergey Brin&#x92;s Search for a Parkinson&#x92;s Cure</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1277478641</link>
      <description>Several evenings a week, after a day&amp;amp;rsquo;s work at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California,...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Tests help predict falls in Parkinson's</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1277478509</link>
      <description>Tests may help predict who with Parkinson's disease may be more likely to fall, an Australian researcher...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>The Michael J. Fox Foundation Awards $2.5 Million to Support Ceregene's New Phase 2 Neurturin Clinical Study for Parkinson's Disease</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1277298519</link>
      <description>The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF) will provide $2.5 million to support Ceregene...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Tango May Help Patients With Parkinson's</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1277126092</link>
      <description>Tango lessons may be a novel rehabilitation strategy for patients with Parkinson's disease, according...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>"Training BIG" Improves Motor Performance in Parkinson's Disease</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1277125900</link>
      <description>In a comparative study, 4 weeks of supervised physiotherapy consisting of repetitive high-amplitude movements...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>New FDA Website Lets Public Find Drug Safety Info</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1276711216</link>
      <description>The Food and Drug Administration launched a website Tuesday where patients and health care professionals...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Genes and Pesticide Exposure Interact to Increase Men&#x92;s Risk for Parkinson&#x92;s Disease</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1276543551</link>
      <description>Genetic mutations and workplace exposure to some insecticides together appear to be associated with an...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Drug Makers Will Share Data From Failed Alzheimer's Trials</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1276271764</link>
      <description>Drug makers' attempts to find treatments for Alzheimer's disease have produced scant results and a long...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Deep Brain Stimulation at Two Different Targets Produces Similar Motor Improvements in Parkinson's Disease</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1275921391</link>
      <description>In a major study, investigators have compared how individuals with Parkinson's disease respond to deep...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Researchers Unlocking Learning Strategies in Parkinson's Patients</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1274467799</link>
      <description>The research, published recently in the Journal of Neurophysiology shows that patients are better able...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Zymes&#x92; Water Soluble CoQ10 Decreases Symptoms in Animal Models of Parkinson&#x92;s Disease</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1273676081</link>
      <description>Scientists from Zymes LLC, the University of Windsor (Ontario, Canada) and the National Research Council...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Parkinson's drugs linked with compulsive behaviors</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1273600933</link>
      <description>The study of more than 3,000 people with Parkinson's disease confirms that so-called dopamine agonists,...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Pramipexole Shows Promise For Treating Depression In Patients With Parkinson's Disease</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1273600198</link>
      <description>Pramipexole, a dopamine agonist, improves depressive symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD),...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Brain Stimulation Improves PD Signs but with Some Risk</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1272556784</link>
      <description>Adding deep brain stimulation to medical therapy for Parkinson's disease improved symptoms and physical...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>The Sure-PD Study: Unsuccessful Research Leads to Promising Study</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1272299623</link>
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by&#xA0;Michael Schwarzschild, M.D., Ph.D., and Alberto Ascherio, M.D., Dr.P.H.&#xD;
Parkinson&amp;amp;rsquo;s disease...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Clinical Research Advocate Works Hard to Raise Awareness in Michigan</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1271185290</link>
      <description>Carolyn Weaver, of Freeland, Michigan, is taking her state by storm with outreach and education about...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>The Parkinson's Unity Walk to be Held on April 24, 2010</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1271344688</link>
      <description>The 2010 Parkinson&amp;amp;rsquo;s Unity Walk will take place on Saturday, April 24, 2010 in New York City&amp;amp;rsquo;s...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Educational Forum to be Held in Chicago Area on April 24, 2010</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1271337706</link>
      <description>Chicago area residents are invited to attend on April 24 an educational forum, Partners in Progress:...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Cycling Provides a Break for Some With Parkinson&#x92;s</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1270132082</link>
      <description>Dr. Bastiaan R. Bloem of the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center in the Netherlands thought he...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>U.S. FDA Evaluating Cancer Link in Parkinson's Drug</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1270065075</link>
      <description>The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is evaluating clinical data that may suggest Novartis AG's (NOVN.VX)...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>The QE3 Study: Finding Ways to Slow the Progression of PD</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1269887699</link>
      <description>By Flint Beal, M.D.&#xD;
Although tremendous advances have been made in the treatment of Parkinson&amp;amp;rsquo;s...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Smoking Years Key Factor in Lower Parkinson's Risk</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1268669770</link>
      <description>&amp;quot;Smoking is bad for you and no one should advocate smoking just for prevention of Parkinson's,&amp;quot; Dr. Honglei...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Melanoma Risk Higher in Parkinson's Patients</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1268146149</link>
      <description>Exams of more than 2,000 people with Parkinson's disease found that about 1 percent currently had melanoma,...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Parkinson's Patients Have Trouble Recognizing Emotions</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1267717765</link>
      <description>Scientists are beginning to find out why people with Parkinson&amp;amp;rsquo;s disease often feel socially awkward....</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Value of Placebo Effect Uncovered</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1266867648</link>
      <description>The placebo effect should not be dismissed as mere fancy, new research has suggested.&#xD;
Led by Damien...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Ibuprofen May Help Stave Off Parkinson's</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1266515704</link>
      <description>Regular use of ibuprofen, a common anti-inflammatory drug, significantly lowers the risk for developing...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Voice Problems May Affect Social Life in Parkinson's</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1265922396</link>
      <description>People with Parkinson's disease may experience social difficulties due to the way they talk, a Canadian...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>AAN: Industrial Cleaner Again Tied to Parkinson Risk</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1266867885</link>
      <description>The degreasing agent trichloroethylene (TCE) has been linked to increased rates of Parkinson's disease...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Treadmill Helps Parkinson's Patients Walk Better</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1265918141</link>
      <description>However, it's unclear how long the benefits of treadmill training will last, or the best way to deliver...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Genes, Diet Offer New Clues to Parkinson's Disease</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1265917692</link>
      <description>Researchers say they've spotted a new genetic risk factor for Parkinson's disease, as well as a link...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Regimens: Withdrawal Warning on Parkinson&#x92;s Drugs</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1265922211</link>
      <description>Some people with Parkinson's disease develop severe withdrawal symptoms when they try to taper off a...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:30 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Constipation: an Early Sign of Parkinson's?</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1259767744</link>
      <description>People with a history of constipation may be at increased risk of developing Parkinson's disease down...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:29 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Parkinson's Disease: Findings Could Speed Development of New Drugs</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1258732471</link>
      <description>Australian scientists have significantly advanced our understanding of dopamine release from nerve cells,...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:29 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Seeking a Shorter Path to New Drugs</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1258557677</link>
      <description>By NATASHA SINGER&#xD;
WHAT&amp;amp;rsquo;S smaller than a breadbox, can cost $800 million or more, and takes more...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:29 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Mutant Genes Linked to Parkinson's in Some: Study</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1258557375</link>
      <description>People of Japanese and European descent who have mutant versions of five genes may be at higher risk...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:29 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Study Finds Features Linked to Mortality Risk in Parkinson's</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1258388477</link>
      <description>A variety of motor and non-motor factors may be associated with a higher risk of mortality in patients...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:29 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>ASTRO: Tremors Respond to Radiosurgery Treatment</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1258557573</link>
      <description>By Charles Bankhead, MedPage Today&#xD;
Radiosurgery for Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, and trigeminal...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:29 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Discovery Of Novel Protein Offers Hope For Possible Parkinson&#x92;s Disease Cure</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1257527588</link>
      <description>Researchers at Iowa State University have found an essential key to possibly cure Parkinson's disease...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:29 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Nervous System Drug-by-design: Formulation May Slow Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, Huntington's</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1256916998</link>
      <description>Working like an architect, Prof. Hagit Eldar-Finkelman of Tel Aviv University's Sackler School of Medicine...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:29 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Gaucher Disease Linked to Parkinson's</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1256222315</link>
      <description>People who carry the gene for a rare genetic problem known as Gaucher disease have at least five times...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:29 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Forty People with Parkinson&#x92;s Graduate from PDF's Research Advocacy Training Program</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1256222253</link>
      <description>Last week, more than forty people living with Parkinson&amp;amp;rsquo;s disease (PD) from across the US participated...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:29 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Parkinson's</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1256046932</link>
      <description>WEDNESDAY, Oct. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Macaque monkeys that received gene therapy for symptoms of Parkinson's...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:29 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Using Music to Ease Patient Stress During Surgery</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1256047112</link>
      <description>For as long as humans have pounded drums and plucked strings, listening to music has affected people's...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:29 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Door Opens to Health Claims Tied to Agent Orange </title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1256046815</link>
      <description>By JAMES DAO&#xD;
Under rules to be proposed this week, the Department of Veterans Affairs plans to add Parkinson&amp;amp;rsquo;s...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:29 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Body&#x92;s Own Antioxidant May Slow Parkinson&#x92;s Decline, Study Says </title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1255532122</link>
      <description>By Nicole Ostrow&#xD;
Higher concentrations of a natural antioxidant in the body may slow the progression...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:29 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Hospital Launches Gene Therapy Study For Parkinson's Disease</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1254923466</link>
      <description>A Michigan hospital is embarking on a research study for advanced Parkinson's disease using a state-of-the-art...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:29 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Drivers With Parkinson's Disease At Higher Risk Of Crashes In Low Visibility</title>
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      <description>Drivers with mild to moderate Parkinson's disease may be at higher risk of crashes on foggy days and...</description>
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      <title>From Michael J. Fox Foundation on Teva's ADAGIO Trial: Inconclusive Results, but Possible Disease-modifying Effect, for Azilect (Rasagiline)</title>
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      <description>This week, the New England Journal of Medicine published data from the ADAGIO Phase 3 clinical trial...</description>
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      <title>Statement on Rasagiline (Azilect&#xAE;) and Early Parkinson's Treatment from the Parkinson's Disease Foundation (PDF)</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1253801869</link>
      <description>The long-awaited publication of the results of an important clinical trial, known as ADAGIO, were printed...</description>
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      <title>PDF Interprets: Scientists Identify a New Way of Delivering GDNF, A Treatment in the Pipeline for Parkinson&#x92;s</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1253898296</link>
      <description>Researchers say they may have found a way to deliver glial-derived neurotrophic factor, or GDNF, according...</description>
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      <description>U.S. researchers said on Monday they had made more links between the use of pesticides and Parkinson's...</description>
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      <title>UF Scientists Construct &#x91;Off Switch&#x92; for Parkinson Therapy</title>
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      <description>By John Pastor&#xD;
A common antibiotic can function as an &amp;amp;ldquo;off switch&amp;amp;rdquo; for a gene therapy being...</description>
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      <title>Mayo Clinic Researchers Find Gene That Contributes to Two Different and Common Neurological Movement Disorders</title>
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      <description>Researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida and their collaborators worldwide have discovered that...</description>
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      <title>Biovail Announces Results from ACADIA's Phase III Trial of Pimavanserin in Parkinson's Disease Psychosis</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1251900111</link>
      <description>Biovail Corporation today announced top-line results from ACADIA Pharmaceutical Inc.'s first pivotal...</description>
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      <title>Finnish Scientists Discover Nerve Growth Factor With Therapeutic Potential In Parkinson's Disease</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1251818605</link>
      <description>Scientists in the Academy of Finland's Neuroscience Research Programme have reported promising new results...</description>
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      <title>Background Noise May Help Parkinson's Patients</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1251818729</link>
      <description>Scientists have long known that people automatically speak louder when there's background noise at places...</description>
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      <title>Study Using Embryonic Stem Cells Is Delayed </title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1251478501</link>
      <description>The Geron Corporation said on Tuesday that regulators had held up its study of a therapy for injured...</description>
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      <title>Davis Phinney Foundation Announces New U.S. Study to Evaluate the Long-Term Physical and Emotional Effects of Parkinson's Disease</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1251477751</link>
      <description>The Davis Phinney Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with...</description>
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      <title>Breakthrough 'Could Lead to Better Treatments for Parkinson's'</title>
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      <description>By Kate Devlin, Medical Correspondent&#xD;
A drug usually used to depress the immune system in transplant...</description>
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      <title>Coriell Institute Awarded $16.3 Million for NIH-Supported National Human Genetics Resource Center </title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1251478218</link>
      <description>Following a nationwide competition to determine the future home of the National Institute for Neurological...</description>
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      <title>US Panel: GE Brain Imaging Drug May Be Useful</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1250172552</link>
      <description>By Susan Heavey (Reuters)&#xD;
An experimental GE Healthcare brain imaging drug can serve as an additional...</description>
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      <title>Avian Flu Promotes Parkinson's? </title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1250091938</link>
      <description>Avian influenza can cause a predisposition to Parkinson's disease, according to research published this...</description>
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      <title>US FDA Staff Says Use for GE Imaging Drug Unclear</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1249914265</link>
      <description>By Susan Heavey&#xD;
U.S. regulatory staff, in a memo released on Friday, questioned how well a GE Healthcare...</description>
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      <title>FDA, European Medicines Agency Launch Good Clinical Practices Initiative</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1250091829</link>
      <description>The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) today announced...</description>
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      <title>Pesticides in Well Water Linked to Parkinson's Disease</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1249570979</link>
      <description>Farmworkers and their families pay for the cheap cost of California produce in more ways than one. Not...</description>
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      <title>Brain Exercises May Delay Dementia</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1249490933</link>
      <description>By LiveScience Staff, LiveScienceActivities that keep the brain active, such as reading, writing and...</description>
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      <title>How the Pathology of Parkinson's Disease Spreads</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1249055544</link>
      <description>Accumulation of the synaptic protein alpha-synuclein, resulting in the formation of aggregates called...</description>
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      <title>Agent Orange Linked to Heart Disease, Parkinson's</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1249055426</link>
      <description>Agent Orange, used by U.S. forces to strip Vietnamese and Cambodian jungles during the Vietnam War, may...</description>
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      <title>MJFF Awards $3.8 Million to Drive Nine Industry Partnerships for Pre-clinical Parkinson's Drug Development</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1248887132</link>
      <description>The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson&amp;amp;rsquo;s Research has awarded research teams at nine biotech...</description>
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      <title>Researchers Discover MicroRNA-7, a Possible Therapeutic Target to Slow Parkinson&#x92;s Disease </title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1249055687</link>
      <description>Researchers have discovered a therapeutic target that, when manipulated, may slow the progression of...</description>
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      <title>Scientists Locate Disease Switches</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1248886778</link>
      <description>A team of scientists from the University of Copenhagen and the Max Planck Institute in Germany, has identified...</description>
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      <title>Novel Drug Discovery Tool Could Identify Promising New Therapies for Parkinson&#x92;s Disease </title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1247579140</link>
      <description>Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have turned simple baker&amp;amp;rsquo;s yeast into a...</description>
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      <title>Pesticide Levels in Blood Linked to Parkinson's Disease, Researchers Find</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1247578981</link>
      <description>People with Parkinson&amp;amp;rsquo;s disease have significantly higher blood levels of a particular pesticide...</description>
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      <title>Higher Education Level, Greater Disability Associated With Treatment Timing In Parkinson's Disease</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1247578786</link>
      <description>Individuals who have higher levels of education and who are more impaired by Parkinson's disease appear...</description>
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      <title>Researchers Find Possible Environmental Causes for Alzheimer's, Diabetes</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1246973588</link>
      <description>A new study by researchers at Rhode Island Hospital have found a substantial link between increased levels...</description>
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      <title>Santhera's FJORD Phase IIb Study Demonstrates Efficacy of JP-1730/Fipamezole for the Treatment of Dyskinesia in Parkinson's Disease</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1246896170</link>
      <description>Santhera Pharmaceuticals (SIX: SANN), a Swiss specialty pharmaceutical company focused on neuromuscular...</description>
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      <title>Hormones May Affect Neurological Disease Risk</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1246550444</link>
      <description>Fluctuating hormone levels may explain trends in the timing of women's susceptibility to neurological...</description>
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      <title>New Findings On Parkinson's Disease And Effect On Patient Behavior</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1246550206</link>
      <description>A new neuropsychological memory test is helping to uncover how Parkinson's disease can alter people's...</description>
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      <title>Michael J. Fox Foundation's June 23rd Virtual Roundtable Now Available for Online Viewing</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1246549727</link>
      <description>Research Roundtables hosted by The Michael J. Fox Foundation in various locations across the country...</description>
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      <title>Why Do Promising PD Treatments Fail?</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1246549361</link>
      <description>On Tuesday, June 9th, the second day of the Movement Disorder Society International Congress in Paris,...</description>
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      <title>Wii-hab Boosts Parkinson's Treatments</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1245339861</link>
      <description>Nintendo has been sneaking exercise into their consoles for years.&#xA0; With the advent of the Wii and its...</description>
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      <title>Personality May Not Predict Parkinson's</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1245339717</link>
      <description>New research sheds light on two of the mysteries of Parkinson's disease: the spike in creativity that...</description>
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      <title>St. Jude Medical Completes Study of DBS for Parkinson&#x92;s Disease</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1245339956</link>
      <description>St. Jude Medical, Inc. says they have completed patient implants in its U.S. clinical study of deep brain...</description>
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      <title>Growth in the Parkinson's Disease Drug Market, Fueled by the Launch of Several New Therapies, Will be Offset by Generic Erosion of Key Agents </title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1244642628</link>
      <description>Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare...</description>
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      <title>Parkinson's Disease Associated With Pesticide Exposure In French Farm Workers</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1244475228</link>
      <description>The cause of Parkinson&amp;amp;rsquo;s disease (PD), the second most frequent neurodegenerative disease after...</description>
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      <title>Ceregene Presents Additional Clinical Data from Phase 2 Trial of CERE-120 for Parkinson's Disease</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1244039206</link>
      <description>Ceregene, Inc. reported additional clinical data from a double-blind, controlled Phase 2 trial of CERE-120...</description>
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      <title>Man-made Polymer Promises Parkinson's Palliative</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1243875633</link>
      <description>Researchers at ANSTO have discovered that a protein, Alpha-Synuclein, which plays a role in the development...</description>
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      <title>Medtronic Announces FDA Approval of Two Deep Brain Stimulation Devices That Offer Programming Advances and New Tools for Patients with Movement Disorders</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1243006819</link>
      <description>Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of Activa&#xAE;...</description>
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      <title>UB Scientists Develop Novel Method to Stimulate Growth of New Neurons in Adult Brain</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1243875543</link>
      <description>University at Buffalo researchers have identified a new mechanism that plays a central role in adult...</description>
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      <title>Special Protein Helps Maintain an Efficient Brain</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1242913900</link>
      <description>The instruction manual for maintaining an efficient brain may soon include a section on synaptotagmin-IV...</description>
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      <title>Acadia in Pact with Biovail for Parkinson's Drug</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1241629214</link>
      <description>Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. said it entered into an agreement with a Biovail Corp unit to co-develop...</description>
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      <title>Brain Protein Central To Both Parkinson's, Drug Addiction Identified</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1241531599</link>
      <description>Scientists have identified a protein that appears not only to be central to the process that causes Parkinson's...</description>
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      <title>University of Arkansas at Little Rock Study Targets Root of Parkinson&#x92;s Disease </title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1242913801</link>
      <description>University of Arkansas at Little Rock researchers are examining Parkinson&amp;amp;rsquo;s disease at its most...</description>
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      <title>Parkinson's: Neurons Destroyed By Three Simultaneous Strikes</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1241110405</link>
      <description>In a study that reveals the clearest picture to date of neuron death in Parkinson's disease, researchers...</description>
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      <title>Fish Oil Protects Against Diseases Like Parkinson's</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1240326812</link>
      <description>Dr. Nicolas Bazan, Director of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence, Boyd Professor, and Ernest C. and...</description>
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      <title>Parkinson's Partially Linked to Pesticides</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1240326342</link>
      <description>UCLA researchers have provided strong new evidence linking at least some cases of Parkinson's disease...</description>
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      <title>Genes Show Limited Value in Predicting Diseases </title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1240326618</link>
      <description>The era of personal genomic medicine may have to wait. The genetic analysis of common disease is turning...</description>
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      <title>Key Protein In Cellular Respiration Discovered</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1240326713</link>
      <description>Many diseases derive from problems with cellular respiration, the process through which cells extract...</description>
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      <title>Parkinson&#x92;s Meds May Trigger Extreme Behavior</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1240326501</link>
      <description>About one in five patients taking a therapeutic dose of a dopamine agonist, a class of drugs used to...</description>
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      <title>Lighting Up Parkinson&#x92;s Disease Research</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1240326915</link>
      <description>Most people do not think of jellyfish at the mention of Parkinson&amp;amp;rsquo;s disease research. But, at the...</description>
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      <title>External Focus Improves Postural Stability in Patients with Parkinson's Disease</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1239032207</link>
      <description>Patients with Parkinson disease may be able to improve their postural stability by directing their attention...</description>
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      <title>Imaging Technique May Trace Development of Parkinson's Disease</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1238423439</link>
      <description>Newswise &amp;amp;mdash; While finding a biomarker for Parkinson's disease that would let physicians screen for...</description>
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      <title>Experimental Parkinson's Therapy May Have Robust Weight-loss Effect</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1238423044</link>
      <description>A growth factor used in clinical experiments to rescue dying brain cells in Parkinson patients may cause...</description>
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      <title>Stanford Scientists Make Advances in Parkinson's Research</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1238423620</link>
      <description>New developments in Parkinson's disease research at Stanford could lead to treatments that are more effective...</description>
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      <title>Spinal Shocks Ease Parkinson&#x92;s in Mice</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1237820989</link>
      <description>By Sandra Blakeslee&#xD;
By electrically stimulating the spinal cords of rodents, scientists have reversed...</description>
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      <title>University of Florida Doctors Test Targets for Parkinson Surgery</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1237223991</link>
      <description>Doctors may be able to tailor a specialized form of brain surgery to more closely match the needs of...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:29 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Google Co-Founder Backs Vast Parkinson&#x92;s Study </title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1236871705</link>
      <description>Sergey Brin, the billionaire co-founder of Google, says he plans to contribute money and his DNA to a...</description>
      <pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:29 -0800</pubdate>
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      <title>Long-term Effects Of Early Parkinson's Treatments Similar</title>
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      <description>A study published online in the Archives of Neurology involving two common drugs used to treat early-stage...</description>
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      <title>Obama Ends Ban on Federal Funding for Embryonic Stem Cell Research</title>
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      <description>President Obama lifted restrictions on funding for human embryonic stem cell research this morning and...</description>
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      <title>The National MS and Parkinson's Disease Registries Act</title>
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      <description>On Thursday, March 5, 2009, Congressman Chris Van Hollen, with the other Co-Chairs of the Bicameral Congressional...</description>
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      <title>Converting Cells Shows Promise for Parkinson&#x92;s </title>
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      <description>In a striking instance of biologists&amp;amp;rsquo; new prowess at manipulating human cells, researchers at the...</description>
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      <title>Addiction: Insights from Parkinson's Disease</title>
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      <description>A new comprehensive review by researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI), McGill University...</description>
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      <title>Naturally Produced Estrogen May Protect Women From Parkinson's Disease</title>
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      <description>Women who have more years of fertility (the time from first menstruation to menopause) have a lower risk...</description>
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      <title>Primary Objective of STRIDE-PD Study Was Not Achieved</title>
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      <description>The result of the primary endpoint measured in STRIDE-PD, a clinical study with Orion's proprietary drug...</description>
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      <title>Parkinson's Disease and Melanoma May be Linked</title>
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      <description>By Karla Gale&#xD;
When there's melanoma in the family, there may also be Parkinson's disease, researchers...</description>
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      <title>Parkinson's Vaccine in the Works</title>
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      <description>By The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Researchers at The University of Texas Health...</description>
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      <title>Merck Serono's Safinamide Significantly Improved Motor Function In Patients With Advanced Parkinson's Disease In A Phase III Pivotal Trial</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1233867768</link>
      <description>Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and its partner Newron Pharmaceuticals SpA...</description>
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      <title>The Parkinson's Unity Walk to be Held on April 25, 2009</title>
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      <description>THE 15th PARKINSON'S UNITY WALK WILL TAKE PLACE IN CENTRAL PARK, NYon SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2009&#xD;
The Parkinson's...</description>
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      <title>Penn Study Finds Link Between Parkinson's Disease Genes and Manganese Poisoning</title>
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      <description>A connection between genetic and environmental causes of Parkinson's disease has been discovered by a...</description>
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      <title>MIT IDs Genes Linked to Parkinson's Side Effects</title>
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      <description>People with Parkinson's disease commonly suffer a slowing or freezing of movement caused by the death...</description>
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      <title>Michael J. Fox Foundation Speaks with Raymond T. Bartus, PhD, on the Outcome of Ceregene, Inc.&#x92;s Phase 2 Trial of CERE-120</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1233595678</link>
      <description>In November 2008, Parkinson&amp;amp;rsquo;s disease patients worldwide learned that the results of the Phase...</description>
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      <title>Addex Successfully Completes ADX48621 Phase I Program</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1233594903</link>
      <description>Addex Pharmaceuticals announced today the successful completion of two Phase I studies of a newly developed...</description>
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      <title>Patients Starting Parkinson's Drug Rasagiline Earlier Do Better</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1233251778</link>
      <description>There is hope that the drug rasagiline can do what no other medication for Parkinson's disease now does...</description>
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      <title>FasterCures Task Force Calls for New Mission and Focus for NIH's Intramural Research Program </title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1233335983</link>
      <description>Lauding the program&amp;amp;rsquo;s history of discovery but noting it lacks a clearly defined mission for the...</description>
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      <title>Exposed to Solvent, Worker Faces Hurdles </title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1233094414</link>
      <description>By Felicity Barringer&#xD;
When the University of Kentucky published new research in 2008 suggesting that...</description>
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      <title>Three Ways That Stem Cells May Speed New Cures</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1233251575</link>
      <description>By Nancy Shute With the first-ever human test of a medical treatment based on embryonic stem cells gaining...</description>
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      <title>Clinical Research Study Focuses on Little Known Behavioral Changes Related to Parkinson's Disease </title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1233251964</link>
      <description>Parkinson's disease affects 6.3 million people worldwide. While the disease is recognized for its profound...</description>
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      <title>Brain Disorder Suggests Common Mechanism May Underlie Many Neurodegenerative Diseases</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1231795135</link>
      <description>ScienceDaily (Jan. 12, 2009) &amp;amp;mdash; A Mayo Clinic-led international consortium has found a mechanism...</description>
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      <title>Broader Parkinson's Treatment Recommended</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1231441800</link>
      <description>The brain disorder Parkinson's disease, which leads to shaking and coordination problems, also leads...</description>
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      <title>Brain Implants For Parkinson's Show Benefits, Risks - Study</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1231441689</link>
      <description>A study of brain-stimulation technology for patients with advanced Parkinson's Disease showed treatment...</description>
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      <title>Toxicity Mechanism Identified For Parkinson's Disease</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1231441936</link>
      <description>Neurologists have observed for decades that Lewy bodies, clumps of aggregated proteins inside cells,...</description>
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      <title>Sleep Disorder Could Signal Neurological Disease</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1230579153</link>
      <description>By Tate GunnersonHealthDay Reporter&#xD;
People with a disorder that causes them to kick or cry out during...</description>
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      <title>Older Antidepressants Work for Parkinson Patients</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1229979167</link>
      <description>People with Parkinson's disease who also suffer from depression may find they're helped more by an older...</description>
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      <title>In a Host of Ailments, Seeing a Brain Out of Rhythm </title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1228512419</link>
      <description>Dr. Patrick J. Kelly, the head of neurosurgery at New York University, folded his arms hard against his...</description>
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      <title>Pesticide Exposure Boosts Parkinson's Risk by 60 Percent</title>
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      <description>A new study has provided one of the strongest links yet between pesticide use and Parkinson's disease.&#xD;
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      <title>Ceregene Therapy for Parkinson's Fails Phase 2 Trial</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1228162287</link>
      <description>An experimental therapy for Parkinson's disease being developed by San Diego-based Ceregene failed to...</description>
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      <title>New Longevity Drugs Poised to Tackle Diseases of Aging </title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1228512264</link>
      <description>Cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, heart disease: All have stubbornly resisted billions of dollars...</description>
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      <title>Schering-Plough's Phase II Parkinson's Trial Meets Primary Endpoint </title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1228512023</link>
      <description>Schering-Plough, a science-based healthcare company, has reported that preladenant, its novel and selective...</description>
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      <title>New Research Helps Explain Genetics Of Parkinson's Disease</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1228162495</link>
      <description>A new study by researchers suggests that Parkin, the product of the Parkinson's disease-related gene...</description>
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      <title>Dance Class 'Uplifting' for Parkinson's Patients</title>
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      <description>Pity is not for the students with Parkinson's who study dance at the Mark Morris Dance Group in Brooklyn....</description>
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      <title>Study Bolsters Link Between Parkinson's Disease, Pesticide</title>
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      <description>By Barbara Anderson&#xD;
For years, researchers have suspected commercial pesticides put people at risk for...</description>
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      <title>A Carepartner&#x92;s Participation in Clinical Trials</title>
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As the brother of a Parkinson&amp;amp;rsquo;s patient and one of his two principal caregivers, I welcome this...</description>
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      <title>Gout And Parkinson's: Studies Examine Treatment For Gout And The Condition's Protective Effects</title>
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      <description>The goal in treating patients with gout is to reduce acute attacks by lowering serum urate levels, which...</description>
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      <title>Mayo Cuts Clinical Trial Services Biz</title>
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The Mayo Clinic on Wednesday announced it will discontinue its Mayo Clinical Trial Services unit, which...</description>
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      <title>Diabetes Not a Risk Factor for Parkinson's Disease</title>
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      <description>Although the likelihood of having diabetes diagnosed is increased around the time Parkinson's disease...</description>
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      <title>Parkinson's Patients More Prone to Vitamin D Deficiency</title>
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      <description>Parkinson's disease patients are more likely than healthy people or Alzheimer's patients to have vitamin...</description>
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      <title>Unlocking Stem Cell, DNA Secrets To Speed Therapies</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1224180063</link>
      <description>In a groundbreaking study led by a molecular biologist at Florida State University, researchers have...</description>
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      <title>End of Clinical Trial Disappoints Parkinson's Sufferer, His Family</title>
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by Anne Kelly&#xD;
A Cambridge man who might have benefited from a novel therapy for Parkinson's disease...</description>
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      <title>Researchers Create Embryonic-Like Stem Cells From Human Testes</title>
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      <description>By Jeffrey PerkelHealthDay Reporter&#xD;
European researchers say they've figured out how to coax sperm-producing...</description>
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      <title>Searching for Clarity: A Primer on Medical Studies</title>
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      <description>By Gina KolataEveryone, it seemed, from the general public to many scientists, was enthralled by the...</description>
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      <title>Google Co-Founder Has Genetic Code Linked to Parkinson&#x92;s</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1222796098</link>
      <description>Sergey Brin, a Google co-founder, said Thursday that he has a gene mutation that increases his likelihood...</description>
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      <title>Pitt Researchers Identify an Underlying Cause of Pneumonia Common in Parkinson's Disease Patients</title>
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      <description>Impaired coordination between breathing and swallowing may be the underlying cause of aspiration pneumonia...</description>
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      <title>Pain Shows Up as Parkinson's Sets In</title>
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      <description>Parkinson's disease has no known cure, although it is treated with several medicines. The movement disorder...</description>
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      <title>The Parkinson&#x92;s Disease Foundation Counsels Caution in Interpreting Recent News Announcements about the Potential of Azilect&#xAE; to Slow the Progression of Parkinson&#x92;s Disease</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1221074809</link>
      <description>The Parkinson&amp;amp;rsquo;s Disease Foundation (PDF) is advising that the Parkinson&amp;amp;rsquo;s community withhold...</description>
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      <title>ADAGIO Trial Results Show Teva's AZILECT(R) 1 mg Tablets Slow Progression of Parkinson's Disease</title>
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      <description>Results Presented at 12th Congress of European Federation of Neurological Societies&#xD;
Teva Pharmaceutical...</description>
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      <title>Why Dopamine Freezes Parkinson Patients And Drives Drug Addicts</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1219778329</link>
      <description>Parkinson's disease and drug addiction are polar opposite diseases, but both depend upon dopamine in...</description>
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      <title>Smell Test Detects Parkinson's Disease</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1221076083</link>
      <description>One million people in the United States suffer from Parkinson's disease. Another 50,000 are diagnosed...</description>
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      <title>Patient Voices: Parkinson&#x92;s Disease</title>
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      <description>How does  Parkinson&amp;amp;rsquo;s disease affect the body? The mind? How does having a progressive disease affect families? Listen to the stories of seven men and women with Parkinson's disease here.</description>
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      <title>Expanding Parkinson Disease Assessment To Psychosocial Functioning</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1219778137</link>
      <description>A cross-national project on Parkinson disease assessment calls the attention for the role of behavioral...</description>
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      <title>Blood-related Genetic Mechanisms Found Important In Parkinson's Disease</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1217273791</link>
      <description>Science Daily -- What does the genetics of blood cells have to do with brain cells related to Parkinson's...</description>
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      <title>Deep Brain Pacemaker Offers Hope For Parkinson's Sufferers</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1218572844</link>
      <description>A typical symptom of Parkinson's disease is tremor in patients. A group of scientists, including Professor...</description>
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      <title>Titan Parkinson's Treatment Fails Trial, Likely to be Dropped by Bayer Schering</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1218040442</link>
      <description>San Jose Business Journal, by Ron LeutyTitan Pharmaceutical Inc.'s potential cell-based treatment for...</description>
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      <title> Do You Want to Be a Guinea Pig?</title>
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      <description>by Elizabeth Cohen&#xD;
They want to pay me for the use of my body. No, I'm not vain, nor is anyone trying...</description>
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      <title>Shared History of Parkinson's Patients has Researchers Looking for Answers</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1218573174</link>
      <description>By Greg MercerClusters of Parkinson's disease patients with similar past jobs and addresses have drawn...</description>
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      <title>Understanding the Recent Announcement about Azilect&#xAE; and its Potential to Slow the Progression of PD</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1214861855</link>
      <description>On Monday, June 16, Teva Pharmaceuticals issued an announcement about the results of its Phase III clinical...</description>
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      <title>High Cholesterol May Up Parkinson's Disease Risk</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1214862033</link>
      <description>High cholesterol levels are associated with an increased risk of Parkinson's disease, according to findings...</description>
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      <title>Kyowa Pharmaceutical Suspends Istradfeylline Development</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1214861174</link>
      <description>On Friday, May 2, Kyowa Pharmaceutical, Inc., issued a letter about the suspension of the development...</description>
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      <title>Parkinson's Disease Study Funded By NIH Grant Of $1.3M</title>
      <link>http://www.pdtrials.org/en/news_archive/release/pr_1214861046</link>
      <description>A Binghamton University researcher will receive $1.33 million from the National Institutes of Health...</description>
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      <description> Two new international studies by researchers at the Mayo Clinic site in Florida are rounding out the...</description>
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      <title>Sleep Disorder May Precede Parkinson's Disease</title>
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      <description> Individuals who exhibit behaviors related to the loss of normal eye movements associated with rapid...</description>
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      <description> Naturally elevated levels of the antioxidant urate may slow the progression of Parkinson's disease in...</description>
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      <description> Transplanted cells to help patients with Parkinson's disease can survive in the brain for over one and...</description>
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      <title>Eisai Terminates E2007 as Treatment for Parkinson's</title>
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      <description> Researchers cured mice with a version of Parkinson's disease by treating them with brain cells made...</description>
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      <title>Manufacturer of the Parkinson's Patch Announces Recall of US Batches</title>
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      <description> UCB Inc., the company that manufactures rotigotine (Neupro(R)), the transdermal patch treatment that...</description>
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      <description> Mutations in a gene called GIGYF2 may be directly linked to the development of Parkinson's disease in...</description>
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      <title>The University of Rochester Medical Center Evaluating New Device for Parkinson's</title>
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      <description> The University of Rochester Medical Center ( URMC ) is one of a handful of sites nationwide testing...</description>
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      <description> A test that profiles molecular biomarkers in blood could become the first accurate diagnostic test for...</description>
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      <description> A Boston hospital is in the race to develop the first blood test for Parkinson's disease -- a neurological...</description>
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      <title>Mayo Clinic study unveils unprecedented method to predict ALS &amp;amp; Parkinson's disease</title>
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      <description>A new Mayo Clinic study details an unprecedented method to predict brain aging disorders such as amyotrophic...</description>
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      <title>Treating Advanced Parkinson's: New Research Points To Serotonin</title>
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      <description> For most people with Parkinson's disease, the only relief from the tremors, rigidity and impaired movement...</description>
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      <title>Solvay's Duodopa Intestinal Gel Gets FDA Fast Track Status for Parkinson's</title>
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      <description>  Solvay SA said the US Food and Drug Administration has granted fast track designation for Duodopa,...</description>
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      <title>Blood Pressure Drugs Might Prevent Parkinson's</title>
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      <title>Study Looks at Use of Drug to Slow Progress of Parkinson's</title>
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      <description> When Sheryl Jedlinski was 45, she started to notice a slight tremor in her left pinky finger.&#xD;
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      <description>  Results of a study suggest an association between erectile dysfunction and an increased risk of developing...</description>
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      <description>  Scientists in Massachusetts said yesterday that they had created several colonies of human embryonic...</description>
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      <description>   A glitch in the way cells clear damaged proteins could be the trigger for the symptoms of Parkinson's...</description>
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      <title>Sleep Chemical Central To Effectiveness Of Deep Brain Stimulation</title>
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      <description>    'Second Opinion' with host Dr. Peter Salgo&#xD;
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      <title>Ceregene Presents Long-term Follow-up From Phase 1 Trial of CERE-120 in Parkinson's Disease</title>
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      <description>     Ceregene, Inc. today presented long-term follow-up data from a Phase 1 clinical trial of CERE-120...</description>
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      <title>Stem Cell Breakthrough Uses No Embryos</title>
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      <description>Scientists have made ordinary human skin cells take on the chameleon-like powers of embryonic stem cells,...</description>
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      <title>PET Scans Show Gene Therapy Normalizes Brain Function In Parkinson's Patients</title>
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      <description> Brain scans used to track changes in a dozen patients who received an experimental gene therapy show...</description>
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      <title>Over-the-Counter Pain Medications May Reduce Risk of Parkinson&#x92;s Disease</title>
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      <description>Over-the-counter pain medications known as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may reduce...</description>
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      <description> Your brain is supposed to fire a &amp;quot;hold your horses&amp;quot; signal when faced with a tough choice. But a brain...</description>
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      <title>Scientists Find Nicotine May Ease Symptoms of Parkinson's</title>
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      <description> One of the more difficult challenges faced by sufferers of Parkinson's is not the disease itself, but...</description>
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      <title>Put to the Test: Ten Must-Ask Questions About Joining a Clinical Trial</title>
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      <description>Pat Gianone jokes that she is a &amp;quot;human guinea pig.&amp;quot; The 62-year-old, who lives in the Chicago suburbs,...</description>
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      <title>Test Rates Driving Ability in Parkinson&#x92;s Patients</title>
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      <description> A short screening test, developed by a Belgian team, which measures four clinical variables can accurately...</description>
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      <description>  Relatives of patients with Parkinson's disease appear to be at increased risk for impaired thinking...</description>
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      <title>Risks vs. Benefits: Why I Participate in Clinical Trials</title>
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      <description>  Jolee Mohr&#x92;s family wants to know if her death was related to an experimental therapy for arthritis...</description>
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      <description>  U.S. medical scientists have discovered an intermediate stage in patients with Parkinson's disease...</description>
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      <description>  Biopharmaceutical company BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Ltd. has arranged a first meeting with the US...</description>
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      <description>   People with early Parkinson's disease report a higher than anticipated development or worsening of...</description>
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      <description> Scientists at the Buck Institute for Age Research have shown that combining two environmental toxic...</description>
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