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ROAD TO THE CURE UPDATE JUNE 2014
In April we proudly introduced the scientists and their incomparable history–making work on the PARKINSON’S ROAD TO THE CURE. While this remarkable science continues we provide their comparison...
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June 1, 2014
CAN BACTERIA TALK TO THE BRAIN?
Did you know that new research shows that what we eat may influence how happy or anxious we feel? Scientists aren’t quite sure how, but...
May 6, 2014
ROAD TO THE CURE UPDATE MAY 2014
Last Month, for the first time since we’ve been publishing this information, we proudly introduced ICBI and their scientists along with their special news release....
March 29, 2014
ROAD TO THE CURE UPDATE APRIL 2014
On March 4th, Dr. Anna Cartier, Associate Director of ICB International, Inc., (“ICBI”), in La Jolla, CA, was invited to speak at the Keystone...
March 1, 2014
ROAD TO THE CURE UPDATE MARCH 2014
Just as we were going to press, we received information that one of the SDBC’s Canadian collaborators has shown that the iodine -125 labeled...
March 1, 2014
FDA APPROVES NORTHERA TO TREAT NEUROGENIC ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION
Feb. 18, 2014 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Northera capsules (droxidopa) for the treatment of neurogenic orthostatic hypotension (NOH). NOH...
March 1, 2014
TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION (tDCS)
Newer research is showing the benefits of using a weak electrical signal through the brain to help with all body functions. Studies have examined,...
January 31, 2014
ROAD TO THE CURE UPDATE FEBRUARY 2014
For almost one century, it has been the mantra of biology that brain cells do not regenerate. In a startling discovery that could have...
January 31, 2014
DUODOPA®
When people think they do not have what it takes to make a difference in the Parkinson’s world or in their own Parkinson’s progression,...
December 31, 2013
LIVING AT HOME WITH DEMENTIA
Johns Hopkins Medicine 12/17/2013 ~ Most people with dementia who live at home have multiple unmet health and welfare needs, any number of which could jeopardize...
November 30, 2013
ROAD TO THE CURE UPDATE DECEMBER 2013
Alpha-synuclein is the sticky protein that clumps up in the brain of Parkinson’s patients. While its role in disease progression is not fully understood,...
November 30, 2013
FDA DEMANDING EVALUATION OF 23ANDME GENOME-TESTING KIT
On November 25th, Joel Hruska authored an article in ExtremeTech entitled FDA suspicious of 23andMe genome-testing kit, demands evaluation, reporting that as of November 22 the...
November 30, 2013
SUBSTANCE P AND PARKINSON’S DISEASE
Substance P is a little known neurotransmitter that is primarily known as the transmitter of pain signals to the brain. But it does much...
November 2, 2013
ROAD TO THE CURE UPDATE NOVEMBER 2013
World Parkinson Congress Dr. Anna Cartier and Dr. Andrea Small-Howard, SDBC members presented a poster, “A Novel Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB) Permeable PET ligand for Parkinson’s...
October 31, 2013
FAMILY CAREGIVERS LIVE LONGER THAN THEIR PEERS
Friday, October 18, 2013: NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Caring for a disabled family member can be overwhelmingly hard. But caregivers may live longer...
