Parkinsons Disease News

Rhode Island Sen. Pell, creator of Pell Grants, dead at 90 (Spartanburg Herald-Journal)
Former six-term Senator Claiborne Pell has died after a long battle with parkinsons disease. He was 90.

GPs will be trained to spot dementia (Times Online)
Every GP will be trained to spot the early signs of dementia under government plans to improve the quality of life of those with Alzheimer?s disease.

Goodbye, Senator (The Woonsocket Call)
NEWPORT ? Americans great and small, and at least one member of European royalty, sat in the boxed-in pews of the historic Trinity Episcopal Church in Newport Monday to pay their final respects to Sen. Claiborne Pell and celebrate what one eulogist called a ?life defined by service.?

Carry On actor dies (Independent)
Comedy actor Jack Douglas, best known for his appearances in the Carry On film series, died today of pneumonia.

Preclinical Studies Suggest That Living Cell Technologies NeurotrophinCell is Effective in Parkinsons Disease (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
MELBOURNE, Australia & AUCKLAND, New Zealand & BOULDER, Colo.----Living Cell Technologies Limited today reported that its pipeline product, NeurotrophinCell , encapsulated brain choroid plexus cells, may be beneficial in Parkinson?s disease.