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Friday, February 10, 2012
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Issue 18
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VOLUME 1
ISSUE 18
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WE MOVE Launches Life in Motion Awareness Campaign
WE MOVE is pleased to announce the launch of the Life in Motion campaign. This nationwide initiative is designed to raise awareness about movement disorders and improve the quality of care for the estimated 40+ million Americans who are living with these disorders, including Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, restless legs syndrome, dystonia, spasticity and others.
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Essential Tremor and Dementia
After conducting surveys of elderly people in central Spain, researchers from Madrid and New York City concluded that people with essential tremor may have an increased risk of developing dementia, as compared with people without essential tremor.
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Golfers’ Yips May Be a Form of Task-Specific Dystonia
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic studied the muscle activity of golfers with and without “the yips” and determined that the yips may be a form of focal dystonia.
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People With Essential Tremor Have a Normal Sense of Smell
Unlike people with Parkinson’s disease, who often have a decreased ability to detect odors, people with essential tremor often have a normal sense of smell, according to the results of a study that took place in the United Kingdom.
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WE MOVE News is supported by an educational grant from the Medtronic Foundation.
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Judith Blazer, Executive Director
Joy B. Leffler, Director of Education
Cate Murray and Richard Robinson, Medical Editors
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