Parkinson's, Epilepsy Linked with Depression
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Patients with chronic brain diseases such as Parkinson's disease and epilepsy have an unusually high rate of depression, too -- suggesting links between the conditions, doctors said on Wednesday.
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Electrical stimulation of a brain region called the subthalamic nucleus provides only modest benefits to patients with Parkinson's disease, according to a report in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.
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Dec. 10, 2004 -- A newly discovered gene mutation may make some people more vulnerable to depression. If confirmed by larger studies, the finding may shed new light on depression, which affects almost 19 million
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Multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and other neurological diseases may be far more common than most people had believed, according to new estimates published on Monday.
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Epilepsy drugs used by millions of people may increase the risk of suicidal thoughts or behavior, the Food and Drug Administration warned Thursday in an alert to doctors.
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NEW YORK  - Sleep-related breathing   disorder has a robust association with depression, according to   results of a long-term study funded by the National Institutes   of Health.
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Scientists say they have identified a gene that appears to be linked to both alcoholism and depression, a finding that one day may help identify those at higher risk for the diseases and guide new treatments.
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NEW YORK  - Electrical stimulation of  regions deep in the brain has become fairly common in recent  years for treating Parkinson's disease symptoms, but there may  be a simpler and safer alternative.
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WEDNESDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) -- Factors such as gender, age and overall health may help predict which people with early Parkinson&#39;s disease will experience hallucinations, sleepiness or swelling, a new study says.
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Carrying two genes linked to epilepsy may actually make you less likely to have a seizure, say researchers.
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A new medical study is helping to explain the puzzling effect of the hormone dopamine on patients suffering from the degenerative nerve disorder Parkinson&#39;s disease.
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Scientists have identified a genetic variation that could make people more susceptible to depression, according to a report published Friday in the New York Times.
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The F.D.A. might permit an implantable electrical device for the treatment of epilepsy to also be marketed as a therapy for chronic depression.
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Two studies published on Thursday  offer new hope for Parkinson&#39;s disease -- one using gene  therapy to treat the symptoms and another investigating a drug  that might stop the incurable disease in its tracks.
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Cardiac pacemakers could help reduce the high incidence of sudden death among those with epilepsy, a British study indicates. Four of 20 patients monitored
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NEW YORK  - The impulsive behavior that sometimes develops as a side effect of treatment with "dopamine agonists" drugs may not be limited just to patients with Parkinson's disease. Patients with restless legs syndrome who are treated with a drug belonging to this class may also be at increased risk for pathologic gambling, according to a report in the medical journal Neurology.
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A study of more than 2,500 retired NFL players finds that those who had at least three concussions during their careers had triple the risk of clinical depression as those who had no concussions.