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Jeremy Vine presents the BBC Lifeline Appeal on behalf of Parkinson's UK.
Jeremy Vine presents the BBC Lifeline Appeal on behalf of Parkinson’s UK
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Shape our future campaigns
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Share your views on what we should campaign on in 2020.
Poll finds a quarter of people with Parkinson’s are wrongly diagnosed
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In our survey of more than 2,000 people, more than a quarter (26%) reported they were misdiagnosed with a different condition before receiving the correct Parkinson’s diagnosis.
Scottish Government's £4.5m plan for neurological care and support
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Scottish Government announces long-awaited neurlogical plan
Parkinson’s and the Queen’s Speech
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Here's what the Queen's Speech means for people with Parkinson's, their carers and families.
Congratulations to our volunteer award winners
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Our volunteer awards closed earlier this year, with some brilliant stories shared. We take a look at a few, and share the full list of winners.
Full results of repurposed cancer drug trial highlight potential benefits
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Previous top line results indicated that, while safe, Nilotinib failed to show benefit. The full results now show that there may be some potential benefits.
8 remarkable things we achieved together in 2019, and recent years
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2019 was another exciting year of progress. Here are 8 of the highlights, and 8 ways you can still get involved.
New international initiative to investigate the genetics of Parkinson’s
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As part of the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) initiative, an ambitious global five-year programme was announced today to understand the genetic root of Parkinson’s.
Results of phase 2 nilotinib study show no benefit
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Results have been shared from the US-based phase 2 clinical trial of nilotinib in people with moderate to advanced Parkinson's.
While safe and tolerable, the repurposed drug did not appear to have beneficial effects.
The Parkinson’s Choir Christmas single
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The Horsham and District local group is attempting to achieve big things with their 2019 single, ‘This Christmas Time’.