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Substantial Matters: Life & Science of Parkinson’s

Dec 31, 2019

When we think of medicine from a Western perspective, we often think of treatments including things such as drugs, surgical operations, or rehabilitation therapies like physical, occupational, or speech therapy. While these treatments may be coordinated by a neurology or movement disorders office, most often they are...


Dec 24, 2019

Para una persona con Parkinson, es muy importante entender los periodos de “on”, cuando tiene efecto el medicamento y “off”, cuando para de tener efecto, para medir cuando tomar las pastillas a tiempo. También es esencial prepararse para la cita con el neurólogo para asegurar que sus preguntas sean...


Dec 17, 2019

Our bodies contain more than just our own human cells. We normally live in harmony with a vast array of microorganisms occupying specific spaces, or niches, on and within us. These bacteria, fungi, viruses, and protozoa form the human microbiome. The ones in the gut, mainly within the colon (large intestine), normally...


Dec 3, 2019

Since the early 2000’s, centers of excellence for various diseases or procedures have become common. These are specialized programs within healthcare institutions that bring together experts and resources to target different aspects of the disease or condition to give patients a unified resource for addressing...


Nov 19, 2019

How and why Parkinson’s disease (PD) starts and progresses is still not exactly known, but active research points to genetics and environment, among other factors. The environment is both external and internal – external in terms of what people encounter outside their bodies and internal in terms of what is inside...