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Can exercise help people with Parkinson's disease? Posted: 31 Dec 2014 12:39 PM PST Exercise may help people with Parkinson's disease improve their balance, ability to move around and quality of life, even if it does not reduce their risk of falling, according to a new study.

Patient stem cells used to make dementia-in-a-dish; help identify new treatment strategy Posted: 31 Dec 2014 11:04 AM PST A new strategy for treating an inherited form of dementia has been identified after researchers attempted to turn stem cells derived from patients into the neurons most affected by the disease. In patient-derived stem cells carrying a mutation predisposing them to frontotemporal dementia, the scientists found a targetable defect that prevents normal neurodevelopment. These stem cells partially return to normal when the defect is corrected.