Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #parkinsondisease, aggregated by home.social.
Banned in 67 countries and linked to Parkinson’s disease, paraquat is facing calls for stricter regulation. Yet, Australia’s cotton industry body is urging authorities to maintain current rules. The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has been reviewing this controversial weedkiller for 27 years.
#paraquat #parkinsondisease #weedkiller #pesticides #australia #agriculture #cottonindustry #apvma #environment #DriestcontinentonEarth
New theory on Parkinson's Disease origins & spread
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240411130149.htm
* hypothesis paper builds on growing scientific consensus that Parkinson's disease route to brain starts in nose or gut
* proposes that environmental toxicants the likely source
The Body, the Brain, the Environment, and Parkinson’s Disease
https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-parkinsons-disease/jpd240019
#ParkinsonDisease #ParkinsonsDisease #disease #EnvironmentalHealth #LewyBody #pesticides #pollution #trichloroethylene #PolychlorinatedBiphenyls #PCB
PhD candidate Opening
Lulea University of Technology
#exosomes #parkinsondisease #neurodegerativedisorders #LCMS #lipidomics #metabolomics
See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/lulea-university-of-technology-27778-phd-candidate-opening/?feed_id=47474
#ScienceJobs #hiring #research
Luleå #Sweden #PhDStudent
https://jobrxiv.org/job/lulea-university-of-technology-27778-phd-candidate-opening/?feed_id=47474
Widely used chemical strongly linked to Parkinson’s disease
Common environmental contaminant increased rate of neurodegenerative affliction in one population by 70%
https://www.science.org/content/article/widely-used-chemical-strongly-linked-parkinson-s-disease
#Parkinsons #ParkinsonDisease #health #neurodegeneration #environment #trichloroethylene #solvents
Funded by @mscactions, #research @InstitutCerveau explored how abnormalities in deep brain activities can cause gait disorders & falls in Parkinson Disease patients - trying to find a new way to better understand conditions related to #ParkinsonDisease🧠
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CORDIS_EU/status/1658819703274627075
Michael J. Fox: As a Parkinson’s patient, I felt a little left behind by biology’s century — until now
https://www.statnews.com/2023/04/12/parkinsons-biomarkers-michael-j-fox-foundation/
research article:
https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(23)00109-6
Congratulations & gratitude to Siderowf et al. & the Michael J Fox Foundation
Not long ago it has been suggested that #VladimirPutin suffers from #ParkinsonDisease and #SchizoAffective disorder -a mental condition closer to #Bipolar disorder than #Schizophrenia-
Russian President's agenda would have forced him to use #Doppelgängers
Some of #Putin's #BodyDoubles are not too similar and have to underwent #CosmeticSurgery or use #Hairpieces or #ElevatorShoes stuff
Such things are busted by readers of newspapers
Altered Speech May Be the First Sign of Parkinson's Disease:
Researchers attempted to identify early symptoms of Parkinson's disease using voice data. In their study, the researchers used artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze and assess speech signals, where calculations are done and diagnoses made in seconds rather than hours
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417…
#immunology #molcularbiology #CellBiology #cellularBiology #Parkinsons #parkinsondisease #neurology #scientificresearch
I'm part of the Great #TwitterMigration of 2022. #Neurologist specializing in #ParkinsonDisease and #MedicalHumanities. I teach med students and others about #HealthJustice through #storytelling.
And also write #HistoricalFiction! #amquerying a 1920s novel about #eugenics and #amwriting a second about nurse-spies in WW1.