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Mount Everest Air Offers Clues to Parkinson’s Treatment – New

Dr AF Saeed Dr AF Saeed 18th August 2025

Low-oxygen air both prevented and reversed symptoms in a mouse model of Parkinson’s disease. Scientists at the Broad Institute and Mass General Brigham have discovered that placing mice with Parkinson’s-like disease in a Read More

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Trained Dogs Detect Parkinson’s With 98% Accuracy – New Study

Dr AF Saeed Dr AF Saeed 17th July 2025

Dogs trained to sniff out Parkinson’s disease are showing remarkable accuracy—up to 98%—in identifying the condition from skin swabs, even before symptoms appear. In a double-blind study involving over 200 samples, these scent-detection dogs Read More

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Cough Syrup Slows Brain Damage in Parkinson’s Dementia, Study Finds

Dr AF Saeed Dr AF Saeed 8th July 2025

A decades-old cough medicine, Ambroxol, could be on the verge of a dramatic second act—not for sore throats, but for protecting the brain. In a year-long clinical trial, researchers gave Ambroxol to people with Read More

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Hidden Brain Signals Reveal Why Parkinson’s Drugs Don’t Always Work

Dr AF Saeed Dr AF Saeed 5th July 2025

Researchers at Simon Fraser University are using advanced brain imaging to uncover why Parkinson’s drug levodopa doesn’t help all patients equally. By using MEG (magnetoencephalography), they tracked real-time brain activity and discovered that Read More