Quoted: ScienceDaily (Mar. 21, 2008) — Impaired sense of smell occurs in the earliest stages of Parkinson's disease (PD) and there is mounting evidence that it may precede motor symptoms by several years, although no large-scale studies had confirmed this. In the first study involving the general population, researchers found that smell impairment can precede the development of PD in men by at least four years.
[tags: pd]
Quoted: The daily struggle with Parkinson's disease is relentless. There is no reprieve, and the future is uncertain. Even on the good days, Parkinson's lurks like an unwanted shadow.
[tags: PD]
Quoted: ScienceDaily (Mar. 22, 2008) — Better understanding of Parkinson's disease onset during aging is important for improving diagnostics and developing strategies for therapeutic intervention. Scientists from the University Medical Center in Groningen have now identified genes and processes that may underlie what makes some people more susceptible to this disease.
[tags: PD]
Quoted: "These findings may ultimately help open the door to the development of new therapeutic -- and possibly even preventive -- strategies that target the underlying cause of Parkinson's disease, improving quality of life of the many people worldwide who are affected by this devastating disorder," senior author Dr. Robert J. Smith, professor of medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, said in a prepared statement.
[tags: PD]
The medicine is delivered by skin patch, and the company can't be sure the products pulled from the market were releasing the active ingredient correctly, Antje Witte, a spokeswoman for Brussels-based UCB, said today in an interview. U.S. pharmacies will be out of stock by late April, she said. Some Neupro will also be recalled in Europe.
UCB bought Germany's Schwarz Pharma two years ago to get Neupro and combat patent expiries of its two best-selling drugs.
[tags: PD]
Officials from MDI, France told ET: “We’ve decided to launch OneCATs -the first version of cars with engines that will run on compressed air - in countries other than India by end 2008. The car will also be launched at the New York Auto Show starting from March 21, 2008. In France, the car will be produced in small units. For India, Tata Motors will adopt the technology for its cars.”
[tags: automotive, MDI]
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