http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/stories/person/20230 Stories and external links referencing a person (RSS) en http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/medicine-health/articles/elevated-urate-levels-may-slow-progression-parkinsons-disease <!--paging_filter--><p>Naturally elevated levels of the antioxidant urate may slow the progression of <a title="" href="http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/parkinsons_disease/parkinsons_disease.htm">Parkinson’s disease</a> in men.&nbsp; Researchers from the <a title="" href="http://www.mghmind.org/">MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease</a> (MGH-MIND) and <a title="" href="http://www.hsph.harvard.edu">Harvard School of Public Health</a> (HSPH) examined data from an earlier study and found that, among recently diagnosed Parkinson’s patients, those with the highest urate levels had a significantly slower rate of disease progression during the two-year study period.&nbsp; The report appears in the online edition of <a title="" href="http://archneur.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/2008.65.6.nct7000<p><a href="http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/medicine-health/articles/elevated-urate-levels-may-slow-progression-parkinsons-disease">read more</a></p> Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:22:55 -0400 404132862 20229 at http://harvardscience.harvard.edu