...years, clinic director Kapil Sethi said. There are drugs to treat symptoms but nothing so far that halts the progressive disorder, which strikes at certain neurons in the brain involved in movement. Creatine might be able to help boost the...

...years, said clinic director Kapil Sethi. There are drugs to treat symptoms but nothing so far that halts the progressive disorder, which strikes at certain neurons in the brain involved in movement. Creatine may be able to help boost the energy-producing...

...reports. Any step toward recovery, however, is complicated by the pope's battle with Parkinson's disease, a progressive disorder that causes tremors and limits muscle control. He also suffers from hip and knee ailments. The combination of...

...definitive study" to confirm the findings. The study appears in October's Archives of Neurology. Parkinson's is a progressive disorder that affects about 500,000 Americans. It results from degeneration of nerve cells that produce a neurotransmitter...

...nerve thus paralyzing the attached muscles. Because symptoms of paralysis can resemble Guillain-Barre or other progressive disorders affecting nerves, the offending tick has usually been accidentally discovered by a nurse or technician preparing...

...Dr. Lynch said the hope is that the drug will improve the memory of patients with Alzheimer's disease, a progressive disorder that destroys memory and other functions of the brain and eventually kills. About 5 million Americans, mostly...