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  1. Carer, The (2016 Film)

    Director
    János Edelényi
    Subject
    Drama; Medical sciences; Shakespeare
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 89 minutes)

    Feature film. A young Hungarian actress (Coco König) becomes the carer of famously difficult stage actor Sir Michael Gifford (Brian Cox), who is in the early stages of Parkinson’s disease. Their...

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  2. Draw and Play Keep Parkinson’s at Bay (2012)

    Subject
    Medical sciences

    A report on two projects dealing with Parkinson’s disease. The DIPAR project, based at University Medical Centre Groningen in The Netherlands, aims to improve the accuracy of early diagnosis of the...

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  3. Parkinson’s: The Great Drug Experiment (2012)

    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (PAL, 45 minutes), £9.99

    Documentary on MitoQ, a drug developed and marketed by Antipodean Pharmaceuticals Ltd, which is designed to slow the progression of Parkinson’s. The programme follows volunteers through a twelve month...

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  4. Stem Cell Research (2 Parts) (2005)

    Subject
    Biology; FE; Medical sciences

    Two 15-minute programmes on stem cell research - one on embryonic stem cells and the future of Parkinson’s Disease and the other on the ethics of stem cell research. Th

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  5. Ecstasy and Agony (2001 Video)

    Producer
    Jemima Harrison
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2001 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at ex-professional stuntman Tim Lawrence, diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at age 34, who uses the illegal drug Ecstasy to relieve the symptoms and restore normal movement. The flooding of the...

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  6. Hole in Fred’s Head, A (1995 Video)

    Producer
    John Hayes-Fisher; Emma Walker
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 35 min., 1998 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Focuses on Fred Amphlett, a 48-year-old man with Parkinson’s disease, whose medication has gradually lost its effectiveness. Follows him as he prepares for, undergoes and recovers from pioneering brain...

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  7. Movement Disorders (Parkinson’s Disease) (1995 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    An interactive tutorial which examines: the control of voluntary movement and the various causes of disorders of movement; the concept of balance of control between neuronal system in the central nervous...

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  8. Awakening the Frozen Addicts (1992 Video)

    Producer
    Jon Palfreman
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Young drug addicts in California started freezing like statues, but it led to a medical revolution giving hope to millions. Here two patients travel to Sweden for a daring operation to transplant foetal...

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  9. Poison That Waits (1988 Video)

    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Examines a theory on the cause of senility, Parkinson’s disease and paralysis that has been developed in the Pacific, claiming that these conditions are caused by toxins found in food, particulary cyad toxin.

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  10. Brain Puzzle, The (1985)

    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

    Looks at research into ways of repairing a damaged brain. Victims of Parkinson’s Disease are normally treated with the drug L-dopa, which replaces dopamine, the chemical absent in the sufferer’s brain....

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