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.
Device Therapy for Parkinson's
Device Therapy for Parkinson's
From Cells to Mice: Opening The Door For Possible New Treatments For Human Disease.
Kristin Baldwin and her colleagues at Scripps Research Institute have injected a skin cell into mouse embryo, and from that, into a living mouse....Opening the door for possible new treatments for human disease.
One Third of US Adults Are Caregivers
An estimated 1 in 3 U.S. adults is taking care of someone who is sick, elderly, or has special needs.
