Most neurologists and other clinicians treating people with Parkinson's disease (PD) are still unclear about how best to prescribe exercise despite the fact that it is now axiomatic that exercise is therapeutically beneficial for PD. In contrast, drugs for PD are prescribed with care and specificity due to large scientific…
The main purpose of this study is to learn how the study drug (NMD670) works and how safe the study drug is compared with placebo. A placebo is an inactive material that looks like the study drug but does not have any active study drug. Researchers use a placebo to see if the study drug works better or is safer than taking nothing. You will be in this study…
Down syndrome (DS) occurs in roughly 1 out of 700 births in the U.S. Half of all children with Down syndrome have congenital heartdisease (CHD), often requiring corrective heart surgery. Even though CHD in children without DS is known to be associated with…
A significant focus of healthcare research is aimed at biomarker discoveries in brain and heartdiseases in particular, and their impact on the human body in general. MRI is a key component in these healthcare services. It provides a non-invasive and non-ionizing approach to diagnose pathologies…