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Don't Wait For The 'Last Resort': AIIMS Experts Urge Earlier Deep Brain Stimulation Referral For Parkinson's
Despite clear clinical guidelines, many Parkinson's disease patients in India are being referred too late for Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), reducing the potential benefits of the procedure, AIIMS experts said. DBS, a well-established surgical therapy for Parkinson's, is recommended for carefully selected patients who respond poorly to levodopa, ...
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Autism In Girls Is Often Missed: Neurologist Explains Why Diagnosis Differs From Boys
Autism is often underdiagnosed in girls due to subtle symptoms and social masking. Experts explain how gender differences, cultural factors, and diagnostic gaps delay identification, especially in India.
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Scientists Trace Chronic Constipation Treatment Failures To Mucus-Eating Bacteria
The researchers say that the microbes, Akkermansia muciniphila and Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, break down the protective mucus layer of the colon. The study, published in the Gut Microbes, explains why common treatments fail.
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Parkinsons Risk Gene Triggers Lipid Changes, Study Maps Chain of Events
Researchers uncovered a genetic variant that disrupts lipid metabolism, creating a causal chain that increases Parkinsons disease risk.
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Targeting Brain Network May Make Parkinson's Treatment More Effective: Study
A study has suggested that treatments for Parkinson's disease could potentially be doubly efficacious by targeting a brain network linking cognition and action, rather than brain regions responsible for movements.
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Immune Cells In Gut Help Spread Parkinsons Disease To Brain: Study
A groundbreaking Nature study from University College London reveals how gut immune cells (macrophages) help toxic proteins spread Parkinsons disease from the gut to the brain.
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Indias 1st Deep Brain Stimulation Workshop For Parkinsons, Movement Disorders Starts Today
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is hosting Indias first workshop on advanced Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) to enhance doctors' expertise in device-assisted therapies for Parkinsons disease and other movement disorders.
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Turning Movements Measured By Wearable Sensors Could Predict Parkinson's Years Ahead, Finds Study
The participants wore a single sensor on their lower back, which measured turning movements they made while walking down a 20-metre hallway, including angle, duration, and speed.
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The Multi-Faceted Dr Vece Paes, Who Influenced Indian Sports Long After Calling It Quits
Vece Paes, 80, breathed his last in Kolkata early this morning after battling multiple age-related ailments, including the debilitating Parkinson's disease.
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Sleeping Disorders May Signal Risk Of Parkinson's Disease, Dementia: Study
Sleeping disorders may act as an early indicator of neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia (LBD) -- a type of dementia, according to a study.
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Don't Wait For The 'Last Resort': AIIMS Experts Urge Earlier Deep Brain Stimulation Referral For Parkinson's
Despite clear clinical guidelines, many Parkinson's disease patients in India are being referred too late for Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), reducing the potential benefits of the procedure, AIIMS experts said. DBS, a well-established surgical therapy for Parkinson's, is recommended for carefully selected patients who respond poorly to levodopa, ...
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Autism In Girls Is Often Missed: Neurologist Explains Why Diagnosis Differs From Boys
Autism is often underdiagnosed in girls due to subtle symptoms and social masking. Experts explain how gender differences, cultural factors, and diagnostic gaps delay identification, especially in India.
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Scientists Trace Chronic Constipation Treatment Failures To Mucus-Eating Bacteria
The researchers say that the microbes, Akkermansia muciniphila and Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, break down the protective mucus layer of the colon. The study, published in the Gut Microbes, explains why common treatments fail.
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Parkinsons Risk Gene Triggers Lipid Changes, Study Maps Chain of Events
Researchers uncovered a genetic variant that disrupts lipid metabolism, creating a causal chain that increases Parkinsons disease risk.
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Targeting Brain Network May Make Parkinson's Treatment More Effective: Study
A study has suggested that treatments for Parkinson's disease could potentially be doubly efficacious by targeting a brain network linking cognition and action, rather than brain regions responsible for movements.
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Immune Cells In Gut Help Spread Parkinsons Disease To Brain: Study
A groundbreaking Nature study from University College London reveals how gut immune cells (macrophages) help toxic proteins spread Parkinsons disease from the gut to the brain.
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Indias 1st Deep Brain Stimulation Workshop For Parkinsons, Movement Disorders Starts Today
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is hosting Indias first workshop on advanced Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) to enhance doctors' expertise in device-assisted therapies for Parkinsons disease and other movement disorders.
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Turning Movements Measured By Wearable Sensors Could Predict Parkinson's Years Ahead, Finds Study
The participants wore a single sensor on their lower back, which measured turning movements they made while walking down a 20-metre hallway, including angle, duration, and speed.
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The Multi-Faceted Dr Vece Paes, Who Influenced Indian Sports Long After Calling It Quits
Vece Paes, 80, breathed his last in Kolkata early this morning after battling multiple age-related ailments, including the debilitating Parkinson's disease.
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Sleeping Disorders May Signal Risk Of Parkinson's Disease, Dementia: Study
Sleeping disorders may act as an early indicator of neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia (LBD) -- a type of dementia, according to a study.
