Posts by: Kara Elam

Kara Elam

Kara Elam is currently working on her Doctorate in Health Policy. She holds Master Degrees in both epidemiology and microbiology. Her research interests include emerging viral diseases, the intersection of human rights and intellectual property rights, and ending violence against women.

September 6, 2016September 6, 2016

Virtual Reality System Being Tested That Might Detect Parkinson’s Disease

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A collaborative effort between two Russian technology institutes may result in a virtual reality system that is able to detect and diagnose such neurodegenerative diseases as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and multiple sclerosis. According to ... Read more

January 5, 2016January 5, 2016

Parkinson’s Disease Risk Seen to Rise in People with Hepatitis C

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Evidence has shown a potential connection between chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and neurological and psychiatric disorders such as Parkinson’s disease (PD). In a recent study, investigators sought ... Read more

September 29, 2015September 29, 2015

NIH Has Awarded Two-Year Grant To Study New Parkinson’s Disease Model

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The NIH recently announced it has awarded a $413,000, two-year grant to Dr. D. Allan Butterfield, PhD, a researcher at the University of Kentucky (UK) Department of Chemistry and ... Read more

September 16, 2015September 16, 2015

Innovative Nano-Technology Teaches Parkinson’s Damaged Neurons To Heal Themselves

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Researchers from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy are using patients’ own immune cells to enhance the brain’s ability to heal damaged nerve fibers caused by degenerative neurological disorders like Parkinson’s ... Read more

September 15, 2015September 15, 2015

Study Reveals Possible Reason Behind Major Complication Associated With Parkinson’s Therapy

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Recently, a group of researchers from the Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC), in New York, have identified the physiological reason why dyskinesias, the involuntary motor movements experienced by patients with ... Read more

August 26, 2015August 26, 2015

MIT Researchers Discover Neurons in The Brain of Primates that Weigh Costs and Benefits to Drive Formation of Habits

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This week, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researcher, Ann M. Graybiel, Ph.D. whose laboratory is part of MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research and is focused on studying brain structures ... Read more

August 11, 2015August 11, 2015

Promising Drug For Parkinson’s Disease Supports Fast Tracking to Clinical Trials

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A multidisciplinary team of researchers from the Sheffield Institute of Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), in collaboration with scientists from the University of York, have recently released results from a study ... Read more

August 7, 2015August 7, 2015

Crystalized Images Uncover Secrets of Hormone Receptors

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Recently, researchers from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) released results from X-ray crystalography analysis of the the neuropeptide hormone neurotensin, ... Read more

July 30, 2015July 30, 2015

Low-Dose Lithium Reduces Side Effects From Most Common Parkinson’s Disease Treatment

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Recently, a group of researchers from the Buck Institute for Age Research in Novato, California released study results in which they found that low-dose lithium reduced involuntary motor movements – ... Read more

July 27, 2015July 27, 2015

Researchers Discover Class of Diabetes May Lower Parkinson’s Incidence

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A multidisciplinary team of researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), have recently released results from a retrospective study showing that Glitazone, a type of ... Read more