Tuesday, March 31, 2009

dystonia

Dystonia Facial Spasms

Examples of facial spasms from man with Blepharospasm, Meige Syndrome, Dystonia

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Title:Dystonia and Parkinson's PSA Description:Christian Hoff, Tony Award Winner from Jersey Boys, teams up with The Bachmann-Strauss Foundation to speak out about a movement disorder known as Dystonia. Dystonia is a neurological muscle disorder that causes uncontrollable, painful spasms in one or more parts of the body and is not widely known. Dystonia affects more than 500000 people in North America which is more than muscular dystrophy, Huntington's disease and Lou Gehrig's disease combined. Innovative research is currently being ...Title:Generalized Dystonia Description:A personal video diary illustrating the effects of Generalised Dystonia. The video is not designed to scare anyone, rather it to educate and to create an awareness of a disability about which very little is known.Title:Kids with dystonia Description:Interviews with children with dystonia and their parents.Title:Shaky Amy Description:Doing motor testsTitle:Cervical Dystonia and Botox Description:Cervical Dystonia and Botox
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New XeominTM, Now Indicated In Canada For Blepharospasm, Cervical Dystonia(i), And Post-Stroke Spasticity (Medical News Today)
Merz Pharma Canada Ltd. announces that XeominTM, the first botulinum neurotoxin type A that is free of complexing proteins, received a Notice of Compliance from Health Canada for the indications of symptomatic management of Blepharospasm, Cervical dystonia(i) and post-stroke spasticity of the upper limb.

Hartmanns Reveal Neurological Disorder (The Kentucky Post)
Greg Hartmann leads a public life as a Hamilton County Commissioner. But up until now, he has kept private the fact that he is dealing with a neurological disorder called dystonia. That changed Tuesday when his sister appeared on “The Oprah Show Winfrey."

New Xeomin(TM), Now Indicated in Canada for Blepharospasm, Cervical Dystonia(i), and Post-Stroke Spasticity (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Merz Pharma Canada Ltd. announces that Xeomin(TM), the first botulinum neurotoxin type A that is free of complexing proteins, received a Notice of Compliance from Health Canada for the indications of symptomatic management of Blepharospasm, Cervical dystonia(i) and post-stroke spasticity of the upper limb.

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Hartmann's dystonia story on Oprah - Cincinnati.com  Dystonia is a group of movement disorders that cause muscles to twitch, contract and sometimes freeze in abnormal positions. Some people, like Hartmann, can't control movement of their head or hands. Dystonia is associated with Parkinson's disease, ...

Living with Dystonia - WXYZ  Jason Dunn has been battling Dystonia since he was six. Dystonia affects the nervous system. Improper signals from the brain cause muscles to tighten and twist involuntarily. There are different forms of Dystonia and not everyone is affected as ...

Patient finds relief from neurological disorder in electrodes - Lawrence Journal World  Kathy Johnston received a diagnosis of dystonia, a neurological movement disorder in which sustained muscle contractions cause twisting and repetitive movements or abnormal postures. Deep brain stimulation has since relieved her symptoms. ...

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