By Stephen Petrick/Napanee Guide, At first they noticed his eyes blinking more. Next his facial features started to sag. In time he couldn't move without staggering. Now he slurs his words when he speaks. Deseronto couple Beth Fisher and Michael Stevens say their lives have become extraordinarily more challenging ever since Stevens began showing symptoms of Dystonia about three and a half years ago. More
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May 20, 2011
MERZ Pharma Canada Inc. is pleased to announce that effective May 19th 2011, XEOMIN(R) (clostridium botulinum neurotoxin type A (150 kD), free from complexing proteins) has been listed with Limited Use Status on the Ontario Drug Benefit formulary (ODB). More
Read more... May 5, 2011
The Expositor, Brantford, Ontario - Michelle Ruby - In the late 1990s, Thomas Wade was living his dream. The boy from Burford who had played every county fair and local smoke-filled barroom, years before he could legally have a drink there, had finally hit the big time.
He was the charismatic front man of Thomas Wade and Wayward, whose 1996 eponymous debut album spawned no fewer than seven singles on the Canadian Country Music chart. (To listen to Thomas Wade's performance at the Hamilton Area Music night CLICK HERE)
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April 14, 2011
ADRIAN MORROW/The Globe and Mail, Robert Neron has been licensed to use marijuana to relieve his cervical dystonia for more than a decade.
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Manhasset, NY (Vocus/PRWEB) A team of scientists at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have figured out why some people with a gene that causes dystonia never get symptoms and others with the same mutation are disabled by the abnormal movements. More
Read more... March 30, 2011
Las Angeles: Patients suffering from dystonia, an uncommon yet potentially crippling movement disorder, get better results if they begin deep brain stimulation therapy sooner rather than later, according to an international study published in the March issue of the Journal of Neurology. More
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March 24, 2011
The toll taken by brain disorders of injury is more than cancer and cardiovascular disease combined, affecting over 30 percent of Canadians. It's plausible that every family in Canada has been touched by a brain condition. Improving our knowledge about brain health, our recognition of brain conditions and our understanding of how to be helpful to those around us is fundamental to reducing the stigma, discrimination and isolation that many Canadians experience every day.
March 2011 marks Canada's first National Brain Awareness Month, an important first step in raising awareness about brain health and the issues fcing millions of Canadians living with brain conditions today.More
Read more... February 14, 2011
Three years ago, The Doctors met Alex, a young woman diagnosed with dystonia, a neurological disorder that causes the muscles to contract and spasm uncontrollably. The contractions force the body into repetitive and often twisting movements, as well as awkward, irregular postures, which halted Alex's career as a dance teacher.
Read more... October 26, 2010
Winnipeg Free Press - PRINT EDITION- Placing MRI into operating room benefits patients By: Jen Skerritt
For now, procedure will be used on neurosurgery patients undergoing procedures such as deep-brain stimulation, where a surgeon implants a device that emits electrical impulses to treat tremors, dystonia or Parkinson's disease.
Read more... June 14, 2010
Posted By RACHEL PUNCH, THE SUDBURY STAR: Mother of three Corinne Fewster-Gagne knew something was wrong with her infant son when he was about three-months-old."If he was awake, he was crying," Fewster-Gagne said. His fists and arms were clenched tight and weren't moving. "If I put him under a mobile he would just lay there all stiff. I knew something was wrong," Fewster-Gagne said.
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