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Irving Kriesberg Dead: Artist Dies At 90

AP | Posted 11.18.2009 | New York

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, NYC Arts, Nyc Art, Irving Kriesberg, Irving Kriesberg Dies, Irving Kriesberg Dead, Irving Kriesberg Artist, New York News

NEW YORK — American painter Irving Kriesberg has died in New York City. He combined intense abstract colors with human and animal elements. His...

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Women: Is Your Interaction With Doctors Making You Ill?

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 11.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Communicating With Doctors, Michael J. Fox Foundation, Gender and Medical Care, Medical Care, Living News
Kathleen Reardon

Steering your own medical care takes self-assessment and self-training. It starts with learning how to communicate with your doctor.

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Pesticides Linked To Parkinson's

Yahoo! News | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Pesticides, Study, Health, Parkinsons, Parkinson's Disease Pesticides 2009, Huffington Post Pesticides, Living News

People whose jobs bring them in regular contact with pesticides may be at increased risk for Parkinson's disease, a U.S. study finds....

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Muhammad Ali At Yankee Stadium (PHOTOS)

Posted 09.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Muhammad Ali Yankees Game, Muhammad Ali, Slideshow, Muhammad Ali Parkinson's, Yankees Red Sox, Muhammad Ali Yankee Stadium, Yankee Stadium, Ali at Yankee Stadium, Muhammad Ali at Yankee Stadium, Slidepoll, New York News

Muhammad Ali made a guest appearance at the Yankees-Red Sox game Thursday night to much fanfare among the crowd. According to the New York Daily News...

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Health Care Reform: There's an Elephant in the Room

Katie Hood | Posted 08.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Health Care Reform, Michael J. Fox, Biomedical Research, Michael-J-Fox-Foundation, Drug Development, Business News
Katie Hood

The health care system is one of the most complex and least understood systems in this country, and one that the interest of lobbyists has driven its evolution.

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Parkinson's Disease Linked to Pesticide Exposure

thedailygreen.com | Posted 07.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Chlordane, Pesticides, Organochlorine Insecticides DDT, Soil, Organic Food, Green, Food, Green News

Yet another study has linked pesticide exposure to Parkinson's disease, according to Reuters, and this study, published in Annals of Neurology seems t...

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A System from Hell: How Medical Crises Have Taken My Family to Financial Ruin

Kate Michelman | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Us-Healthcare-System, Universal Health Care, Medical Crisis, Health Care, Health, Politics News
Kate Michelman

It was a crisp and brilliant autumn day last October when the medical and financial crises with which my family had successfully, if barely, coped for seven years became a catastrophe.

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Oprah Winfrey Gives Parkinson's A Much Needed Facelift

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 05.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Optimism and Health, Oprah Winfrey, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Michael J. Fox, Living News
Kathleen Reardon

Parkinson's is often described with words such as "devastating," "disfiguring," "degenerative," "desperate" and "incurable." It's now time to stop referring to it in these ways.

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UK Scientists Grow Human Brain

Sky News | Posted 04.26.2009 | World

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Human Brain Grown, Neuroscience, Grow Human Brain, Brain, England, Stem Cells, Science, Alzheimer's, Stem Cell Research, World News

The team at Aston University created tiny bundles of cells which act like a mini nervous system. They believe it could help find a cure for degenerati...

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Reducing The Risk of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases

Jill Stein and Ted Schettler | Posted 04.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Parkinsons-Disease, Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease, Healthy Living, Alzheimers, Healthy Lifestyle, Health Tips, Alzheimer's, Living News
Jill Stein and Ted Schettler

New medical research reveals good news for those who thought that neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's are genetically determined and can not be avoided.

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When Federal Employees Decide Your Family's Medical Treatment

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Medical Council, David Axelrod, Hillary Clinton, Health Costs, Cancer, Health Care, Barack Obama, Health Research, Politics News
Kathleen Reardon

Medical costs must come down. But as we've learned with business bailouts, better to do it right early on, to anticipate abuse, than to be digging our way out of a mess for years to come.

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I'm No Michael J. Fox, but...

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 03.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Dave Iverson, Brain Research, Medical Research, Frontline, Michael J. Fox, Living News
Kathleen Reardon

Tonight on Frontline or online you can watch Dave Iverson's "My Father, My Brother and Me." If you have Parkinson's disease or know someone who does, I recommend it highly.

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The Fierce Urgency of Now: Why the Obama Administration Must Appoint an NIH Director Committed to Cures

Lou Weisbach | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Obama Hope, Hope, Multiple Sclerosis, Obama Administration, Obama Health Care, Barack Obama, Obama Healthcare, Change, Martin Luther King, Curable Diseases, Obama Change, Disease, Schizophrenia, Cancer, Diabetes, Cures, Nih, National Institutes of Health, Healthcare, Politics News
Lou Weisbach

There must be a place in the NIH where the discovery of knowledge is focused on preventing or curing the diseases of our loved ones.

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Brain Pacemaker Provides Risky Relief For Parkinson's

AP | CARLA K. JOHNSON | Posted 02.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Parkinson's Relief, Brain Pacemaker, Parkinson's, Living News

CHICAGO — Parkinson's sufferers who had electrodes implanted in their brains improved substantially more than those who took only medicine, acco...

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Michael J. Fox Never Giving Up Hope

People | Posted 12.29.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Women's Health, Michael J. Fox, Entertainment News

Ten years after shocking the world with the announcement that he has Parkinson's, Michael J. Fox is aggressively fighting the disease - and says he st...

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Michael J. Fox Talks Irony Of Playing Paralyzed On TV

ET | Posted 12.07.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Television, Rescue Me, Michael J. Fox, Entertainment News

ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT sat down with Michael J. Fox last week on the set of "Rescue Me" in New York City, for a new interviewed that aired November 5th...

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Why I'm Running the New York City Marathon

Ryan Reynolds | Posted 11.09.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Michael J. Fox, Charity, Running, New York City Marathon, Ryan Reynolds, Marathons, Ryan Reynolds New York Marathon, Entertainment News
Ryan Reynolds

It's my hope the story of my father combined with my own goal of becoming the first person in history to sob uncontrollably for 26.2 miles straight, may inspire you to give something too.

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Third Screen: An Interview with Dr. Oliver Sacks

Vickie Karp | Posted 10.27.2008 | Style

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Freud, Neuroscience, Dr. Oliver Sacks, Happy Birthday., Robin Williams, Stroke, MRI Brain Scans, PET Scans, Beth Abraham Hospital, Alzheimer's, The Brain, Yahoo!, Awakenings, Style News
Vickie Karp

Music had this amazing ability to allow [transfixed patients] to move and speak and think. It was very startling. I've seen it numerous times since, but it still astounds me.

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The Patient Empowerment Revolution

Katie Hood | Posted 10.25.2008 | Living

Read More: Sergey Brin, Parkinson's Disease, Philanthropy, Genetics, Genomics, Health, 23andme, Sergey Brin Parkinson's, Patient Empowerment, Living News
Katie Hood

Sergey Brin's disclosure last week that he carries a genetic mutation increasing his risk for Parkinson's managed to put the genetics-driven revolution in health care back into the headlines.

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Google Co-Founder Brin Discloses That He Is Vulnerable To Parkinson's

NY Times | Posted 10.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Dna, Parkinson's Disease, Sergey Brin, Google, Genetics, Genetic Sequencing, Business News

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Sergey Brin, a Google co-founder, said Thursday that he has a gene mutation that increases his likelihood of contracting Park...

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Sex, Gambling, And More: Bizarre Side-Effects Of A Popular Drug

abcnews.com | Allyson T. Collins | Posted 07.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Mirapex, RLS Medication, Mirapex Side Effects, RLS, Effects of Dopamine, Dopamine, Living News

Many patients who take the Parkinson's drug Mirapex say they were not fully aware of its rare but strange side effects -- which include a desire to ga...

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A Modest Proposal: Is The Key To Parkinson's Disease Online?

Anne Wojcicki and Linda Avey | Posted 07.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Living News
Anne Wojcicki and Linda Avey

Though research is moving forward, new approaches are needed if we are to achieve real breakthroughs that will make a big difference for patients any time soon.

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FoxNews' Morton Kondracke Outs McCain: "Not White House Material"

Paul Abrams | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Foxnews, John McCain, Nih, Morton Kondracke, Politics News
Paul Abrams

FoxNews commentator Morton Kondracke was initially a John McCain enthusiast. Writing in the book about his wife's Parkinson's disease, Saving Milly*,...

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Office Fascists, Internet Dating Tips And Boys' Brains

Dr. Belisa Vranich | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Internet Dating Tips, The Balanced Life, Louann Brizendine, The Female Brain, Alzheimer's, Lewy Body Disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Male Brains, Huntington's Disease, Pick's Disease, Living News
Dr. Belisa Vranich

Q: My father-in-law is in his mid-70s but seems to be having problems with his memory, the whole family has noticed it but no one wants to say anythin...

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