Movement Disorders
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Number of restless leg movements during sleep may predict AFib progression
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Meta-analysis confirms pramipexole calms restless legs
Major finding: Pramipexole improved symptoms and sleep quality to a greater extent than did placebo (both P less than .00001).Data source: Meta-...
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Pimavanserin reduced Parkinson’s psychosis without motor worsening
Major finding: Pimavanserin improved symptoms of Parkinson’s disease psychosis by 37%, compared with a 14% improvement for placebo, without...
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Improved presurgery impulse control screening needed in Parkinson’s
Major finding: Only 23% of sites employed a formal battery of tests for impulsive and compulsive behavior and 7% did not report screening for...
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REM sleep problems predict Parkinson's, Lewy body dementia
Major finding: More than 90% of patients with REM sleep behavior disorder will develop Parkinson’s disease or Lewy body dementia.Data source: A...
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Parkinson's symptoms improved in new drug trials
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Deep brain stimulation might help early in Parkinson's
Major Finding: Patients treated with both subthalamic neurostimulation and medication reported a 7.8 point quality-of-life improvement on the 100-...
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Drug Dosage, Gender Affect Impulsivity Prognosis in Parkinson's
Major Finding: The optimal levodopa equivalent daily dose cut off at baseline for predicting a poor impulse control disorder outcome was 161 mg or...
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Family History Tops Parkinson's Disease Risk Factors
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MCI in Parkinson's Linked to Frontostriatal Dysfunction
Major Finding: Parkinson’s disease patients with mild cognitive impairment showed underrecruitment in the right dorsal caudate nucleus (P = .005)...
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Risk Factors Identified for Impulse Control Disorders in Parkinson's
Major Finding: The peak dose of dopamine agonists was higher among Parkinson’s disease patients on dopamine agonists who developed impulse control...