Healthy Aging - Parkinson's Disease
Treating Parkinson's Disease
Treating Parkinson's Disease
Treating Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's Disease Through a Caregiver's Eyes
Having a loved one with Parkinson's disease means adjusting to motor complications, difficulties with memory, depression and hallucinations.
Parkinson's Disease Overview
Talking to Your Doctor About Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's disease poses tremendous challenges to both patients and their caregivers. Fortunately doctors have a number of effective treatments available to help alleviate symptoms and improve a patient's quality of life.
Current Treatments for Parkinson's Disease
Parkinsons treatments seek to eliminate the symptoms of Parkinson disease but these effective treatments, which often use a substance called L-dopa, may cause motor complications known as dyskinesias.
Music Therapy Helps Parkinson's Patients Move
Music therapy helps patients with Parkinson's disease move more freely by providing them with a tempo that acts as an auditory guide. Some studies suggest music is more effective than physical therapy for these patients
When Parkinson's Meds Wear Off: A Personal Look
Being a patient with Parkinson's disease means having to adjust to motor difficulties that come from the disease itself, as well as those that can arise from medication.
Deep Brain Stimulation Could Help Parkinson's Patients
Deep brain stimulation might help Parkinson's disease patients more than medication alone.
Device Therapy for Parkinson's
Device Therapy for Parkinson's
Deep Brain Stimulation Can Treat Tremors
One way tremors and Parkinson's disease can be treated is with a procedure called "deep brain stimulation."
