Tag: "parkinsonism" at medical news

Anxious and pessimistic personalities linked to Parkinson's disease later in life

... also found that many subjects who later developed parkinsonism were both anxious and pessimistic at the time of personality testing many years before. This observation suggests that pessimism is linked to anxiety, according to Walter Rocca, M.D., Mayo Clinic epidemiologist and another study investigator. Dr. Bo...

Ovary removal elevates risk for Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism

...woman's risk of developing Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism many years later in life. They also discovered tha...cancer." At issue with removal of the ovaries and parkinsonism risk is a woman's estrogen level. According to the Mayo Clinic investigators, removal of both ovarie...

Two copies of G2019S Parkinson's gene mutation doesn't lead to more severe disease

...he team that discovered the G2019S mutation causes parkinsonism in several North American and European families. That was the first time a genetic cause had been associated with typical, late-onset Parkinson's disease....

Tipsheet: Focus on gait training, pain relief, pressure ulcers and hearing aid training

...ncy and degree of caregiver burden in persons with parkinsonism (PWP). Supporting the functioning of caregivers is vital for the successful medical management of individuals with chronic illness and disability. Associations between perceived caregiver burden and physical, cognitive, and functional impairments wer...

Violent sleep disorder linked to a form of dementia

...treme form of sleep disorder and eventual onset of parkinsonism or dementia. The findings appear in the current is...ings on sleep studies that may precede dementia or parkinsonism by years or decades -- underscoring the need for patients with suspected RBD to undergo a sleep stud...

Risk of Parkinson's disease increases with pesticide exposure and head trauma

...nian syndromes. It involved 959 prevalent cases of parkinsonism (767 with Parkinson's disease) and 1989 controls r...k criteria. Patients with drug-induced or vascular parkinsonism or dementia were excluded. Subjects completed a questionnaire regarding their lifetime occupationa...

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