Bob, In asking what to expect from Baylor College of Medicine - the short answer (unless it has changed since 2000) you can expect it to be completely...
Impax Pharmaceuticals, the brand products division of Impax Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ:IPXL), announced that it has initiated a multinational Phase III trial...
Adherence to medication is one of the most intriguing and complex behaviours demonstrated by patients. Non-adherence to a therapeutic regimen may result in...
For many people with Parkinson's disease, fatigue is just as disabling and unpleasant a symptom as the motor slowing or the trembling. Fatigue undermines all...
Your doctor, a movement disorders specialist, has just told you that you have Parkinson's disease. He has also told you what you can expect to happen in the...
At some point, most people with Parkinson's Disease (PD) can no longer deny that they have a serious illness, and that it will likely get worse over time. If...
Most people with Parkinson's disease go through a period of denial of the diagnosis or of the real severity of the disease. While friends and family may point...
One of the most difficult emotional challenges of Parkinson's disease is to simply accept that it has happened to me and my family. While I can partially and...
One of the greatest emotional challenges of Parkinson's disease is learning to manage and manage well all of the relationships in your life. The most important...
Although it is true that the medications designed to treat Parkinson's disease have allowed persons with PD to lead relatively normal lives - at least at the...
Parkinson's disease involves a lot of symptoms that can be misunderstood or misinterpreted by others. If you have PD, you do not need me to tell you that...
Along with the general sexual symptoms Parkinson's disease can cause, it can also effect men and women differently. In addition, medication can cause side...
When you receive a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease you eventually have to decide whether to tell your employer. First, keep in mind that only YOU can decide...
So you have been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease (PD). There are so many decisions you need to make while you adjust to the news. Among the most important...
If you are considering participating in a clinical trial that tests a new treatment or drug for Parkinson's disease, you must first be presented with an...
A placebo is a sugar pill or a medicine with no active ingredients. When a patient is given a placebo and allowed to believe that he has actually been given a...
If a family member has Parkinson's disease (PD), you will want to do your best to help him. Your heart goes out to him. You watch him suffer, and it kills you...
If you have a relative or a loved-one with Parkinson's disease then you very likely have spent some time caring for that person. When you do so you very...
18th Ain Shams International Medical Students' Congress (AIMSC) Along the past 17 years, Ain Shams University Students' Scientific Society has annually...
I searched on the Internet about Head MRI scans, some group agree that it helps to diagnose Parkinsons, but the other group agree that it just rules out other...
Maryland Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center Unfortunately, there is no diagnostic test that can confirm Parkinson's disease. Laboratory testing...
MRI's just rule out othher diseases i.e. stroke, MS...there is no test to confirm PD...just a brain autopsy after you're deceased can do that. jaci ... From:...
I am sadly amused at the many foundations that I have inquired to regarding PD questions. Ultimately, many give generic answers followed by click here to give...
No borders for Parkinson is there only for answering on your questions and to support people concerned by PD. There is no asking for donation. But I agree that...
How a Diagnosis is Made Parkinson's disease is just one of several neurologic movement disorders that produce similar symptoms. It is important that the...
Researchers in Melbourne have found a breakthrough method of blood test to diagnose Parkinson disease. This test is done by measuring the proteins //in blood...
Hello friends. Given our circumstances, it seems interesting to embrace any option, tool or advice that allows us to cope our disease and our whole existence...