Early diagnosis of Parkinson's is becoming possible, but how early do patients want to know?
Read now →Each person's disease journey is different, and an early diagnosis is not necessarily a timely diagnosis
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Ice Bucket Challenge donations have helped fund promising ALS clinical trials, especially for "fast progressors"
Read now →There are currently only four drugs approved to help treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
A parasitic flatworm is one of nature's spookiest creatures
Read now →Leucochloridium paradoxum is a parasitic flatworm that uses both mind control and mimicry to trick birds into eating it
Here's how to make health technology accessible to everyone
Read now →Often, these solutions leave out the people who need them most
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Viruses can infect the brain, hide out for decades, and then cause Viral Parkinsonism
Read now →How do you study a disease that takes decades to reveal itself? In this case, scientists used mice, viruses, and a little immunotherapy
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A failed Alzheimer's drug stops cancer cells from shedding their coats and hiding from the immune system
Read now →A chance reading and a fortuitous overlap between Alzheimer's and multiple myeloma biology gave a failed drug new life
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Testing drugs on stem cells in petri dishes may revolutionize our understanding of difficult-to-study diseases
Read now →Remember the Ice Bucket Challenge? This is even more exciting for ALS patients.
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Alternative medicine could treat our maladies, but we have to study it
Read now →It is sorely lacking in rigorous scientific research
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