New Tech can help Distinguish Between Multiple System Atrophy and Parkinson’s Disease
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New Tech can help Distinguish Between Multiple System Atrophy and Parkinson’s Disease

According to a story from Medical Xpress, a new technological approach developed at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston will allow doctors to distinguish between Parkinson's disease…

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Retired Professor With Multiple System Atrophy Hopes for a Medically Assisted Death
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Retired Professor With Multiple System Atrophy Hopes for a Medically Assisted Death

According to a story from Southwest Journal, retired professor Karen Warren was first diagnosed in 2015 with multiple system atrophy, a lethal neurodegenerative disorder. The disease carries an unpleasant group…

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Electrical Brain Stimulation Could Effectively Treat Neurodegenerative Ataxias

According to Newswise, new findings indicate that electrical stimulation of the spinal cord and brain may be effective in treating symptoms of a group of rare neurological movement disorders, neurodegenerative ataxias.…

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ICYMI: Recruitment Has Begun For a Phase I Clinical Trial of A Drug Designed to Treat Parkinsonian Diseases
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ICYMI: Recruitment Has Begun For a Phase I Clinical Trial of A Drug Designed to Treat Parkinsonian Diseases

Prana Biotechnology has announced that it has begun recruiting healthy volunteers for its Phase I clinical trial of the experimental drug PBT434. The drug is thought to affect processes linked…

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Phase 1 Trial Set to Begin For Experimental Therapy For Multiple System Atrophy and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
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Phase 1 Trial Set to Begin For Experimental Therapy For Multiple System Atrophy and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

According to a story from businesswire.com, the company Prana Biotechnology Ltd recently announced that it is beginning the recruitment process for its Phase 1 clinical trial of its investigational product…

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Simple Bedside Test May Help Doctors Diagnose Certain Degenerative Brain Diseases
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Simple Bedside Test May Help Doctors Diagnose Certain Degenerative Brain Diseases

Neurologists working at the NYU School of Medicine have developed a test that can identify some rare degenerative brain diseases, reports NYU Langone Health. Published in the Annals of Neurology…

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One Size Helps All: Giving Tuesday on November 28 is the Best Gift for People with Multiple System Atrophy
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One Size Helps All: Giving Tuesday on November 28 is the Best Gift for People with Multiple System Atrophy

Move over Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the most important gifting day of the year serves a greater purpose. It's called Giving Tuesday, and for the past five years this…

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TOMORROW Watch the Multiple System Atrophy Coalition Patient & Family Conference LIVE on Facebook

Have Neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension or other MSA? Join the LIVE FEED and Watch the annual MSA Patient & Family Conference on Facebook On October 13-14, the Multiple System Atrophy (MSA)…

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Kudos to Researchers Who’ve Isolated a Biomarker for Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that slowly takes away a person's ability to perform even the simplest tasks. It is caused by the brain's inability to continue to…

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