Most US women face stroke risk

The first dozen Parkinson's patients to have holes drilled in their skulls for a novel gene therapy attempt weren't harmed-and hints at some improvement have researchers embarking on a larger study to see if the treatment really may work.Doctors reported initial results of the closely watched experiment at a neurology meeting,but cautioned that it's far too soon to raise hopes. It helps using a nerve grwoth factor to try to resuce dying brain cells.Some 1.5 million Americans have Parkinson's, a disease that gradually destroys brain cells that produce dopamine, a chemical crucial for the cellular signaling that controls muscle movement. Too little dopamine causes increasingly severe tremors and periodically stiff or frozen limbs.

Patients with type 2 diabetes are more likely to develop Parkinson's disease,although the reasons are unclear.Finnish researchers reported.They found that people with type 2 diabetes were 83% more likely to be diagnosed with Parkinson's later in life than people in the general population. This risk was the same for men and women and was independent of other risk factors. "Diabetes might increase the risk of Parkinson's disease partly through excess body weight," the researchers wrote in the April issue of "Diabetes Care". Earn $180 per month without any investment: www.slashmysearch.com/earn/id/21334