Measures of disease progression are more resistant to change and in patients with progressive MS, it has been more difficult to demonstrate positive benefits from therapeutic interventions.doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-2395-8_2Stanley HawkinsAlastair Wilkins...
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But we still need to find an actual cure. Alzheimer's disease was discovered more than a century ago, and yet still it is not well understood. Perhaps one day we'll grasp the exact mechanisms at work behind this threat and ...
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder and the most common cause of dementia. It most often emerges during a person’s mid-60s or older, although early-onset varieties exist. Its exact cause remains unclear. Alzheimer’s and other dementias Dementia describes a group of ...
Because Fabry disease is caused by genetic mutations, there are no known treatments or lifestyle changes that are effective for Fabry disease prevention. Fabry treatments can, however, help to slow disease progression and possibly delay or prevent the onset of disease complications for as long as ...
Parkinson’s is a progressive disease, meaning its symptoms tend to worsen over time. However, the rate at which the disease progresses can vary widely from person to person. A few factors that may influence disease progression include:
Disease surveillance is the process of monitoring the spread of certain diseases to establish their progression and minimize...
Normally, inflammation helps to protect the brain from infection and repair injuries, but in Parkinson’s, out-of-control neuroinflammation may cause damage to nerve cells and contribute to disease progression.It remains unclear whether abnormal inflammation is an initial trigger of Parkinson’s ...
One of the most famous and common demyelinating diseases is multiple sclerosis (MS). The progression of the disease and the severity can vary considerably. In the early stages, the patient may not experience that many symptoms. As the nerves are slowly stripped of myelin and lesions known as ...
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia , in which people become forgetful and confused, usually starting in older age. People with Alzheimer’s have a build-up of two kinds of protein clumps in the brain: amyloid and tau. These seem to