World Parkinson's Day 2014: Parkinson's Disease – Treatments and Therapies

World Parkinson's Day 2014: Parkinson's disease – treatments and therapies
But remember as one ages and the disease advances, medication alone won't be of help to control the symptoms. The effects of oral medications wane out with the progression of the disease but they are the first line of treatment in managing Parkinson's …
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New hope for treating ALS
Harvard stem cell scientists have discovered that a recently approved medication for epilepsy might be a meaningful treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, a uniformly fatal neurodegenerative disorder.
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America's New Drug Policy Landscape
The public appears ready for a truce in the long-running war on drugs. A national survey by the Pew Research Center finds that 67% of Americans say that the government should focus more on providing treatment for those who use illegal drugs such as …
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New Era in Hepatitis C Treatment: 2014 Medical Innovation No. 4 — The first all-oral hepatitis C treatment is moving through the final stages of FDA approval. This will be the first drug for patients with Genotype 2 Hepatit…

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