Parkinson’s Treatment Tips for Constipation

Constipation is an alteration in stool frequency, consistency, and/or passage of stool. The normal pattern of bowel movements can and will vary by 1 to 3 days. A stool-voiding pattern of every day or every other day is encouraged.

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Fall is the season for apples

A variety of health benefits also comes in this tasty fruit. As early as medieval times, apples and products made from apples have been used for their health benefits. The saying, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” is the modern version of the old English saying.
Phytonutrients found in apples helps to protect the brain from age-related diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

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Exercycle Company's therapeutics exercise bike wins NIH grant

RSS Industries Inc., which does business as The Exercycle Company, has won a Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop powered exercise cycles as a treatment for Parkinson’s disease.

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Parkinson's sufferer Mike Allen to climb Kilimanjaro

A Sandhurst man who suffers from Parkinson’s disease is climbing Africa’s tallest mountain to raise cash for others suffering from the disease.

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Stem cell research used cloning technique, paid women for eggs

Scientists announced Wednesday that they had created stem cells from human clones, adding DNA from adult cells to the genetic material in unfertilized eggs. Their creation marked a first in stem cell research and may point the way toward treatments for diseases such as diabetes, Alzheimer's or Parkinson's.

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HMC adopts music as tool for treatment

Studies are finding that music can have a variety of therapeutic effects. In 1995, researchers found that listening to Mozart before an IQ test boosts scores by roughly nine points. In another research, stroke victims and patients with Parkinson’s disease exposed to 30 minutes of rhythmic stimulation daily showed significant improvements in their ability to walk. A daily dose of Mozart given to chronically ill and depressed patients made them more cheerful, stable, and sociable. It has also been shown to boost the immune function in children. Premature babies exposed to lullabies in the hospital also went home earlier.

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Diet in Early Stages of PD

In the early stages of Parkinson's disease (PD), no special dietary changes are typically required. You may want however to increase your intake of foods rich in antioxidants. Antioxidants are those chemicals that scavenge and eat-up so-called ‘free radicals’ –- tiny molecules that circulate in your tissues and damage those tissues. Free radicals have a special affinity for cells that produce dopamine. So the greater the number of antioxidants in your system, the fewer the number of circulating free radicals. Theoretically that should reduce the rate of loss of dopamine cells over time.

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Exercise for People with Parkinson's Disease

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurological disorder that can have an effect on motor planning and can cause changes in movement control. Physical therapy treatment often centers on improving safe functional mobility and maintaining ease of movement in people with PD. Exercise is one facet of treatment that can help control symptoms of the disease and improve movement.

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New test helps identify Parkinson’s disease

A new test is giving doctors and patients a clearer picture of Parkinson’s disease, and Parkinson’s syndrome. Nuclear medicine specialists at Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) are now using DaTscan – the first Food and Drug Administration-approved imaging agent to help diagnose patients with suspected Parkinsonian syndromes, such as Parkinson’s disease — a neurodegenerative disorder that afflicts nearly 1.5 million Americans, with an additional 50,000 to 60,000 new cases identified each year. ORMC is the first hospital in Central Florida certified to perform the test.

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Parkinson's Disease - New Finding

Small amounts of diseased brain proteins can be taken by healthy neurons and propagated within them to cause neurodegeneration, says study. This finding sheds light on the mechanism associated with Parkinson's disease (PD)and provides a model for discovering early intervention therapeutics that can prevent or slow the devastating loss of neurons that underlies PD.

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Early Parkinson's diagnosis aided by new technology

To diagnose Parkinson's disease, physicians for decades have had to rely largely on a keen eye and experience.
Now the pairing of a new drug and a high-tech nuclear brain scan is offering long-awaited help in recognizing the progressive movement disorder, which has neither a specific diagnostic test nor a cure.

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Physical Therapy Evaluation for Parkinson's Disease

If you have been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease (PD) your doctor may refer you to many specialists to help you move and function better. A physical therapist is a movement specialist who can assess and treat the motor control and planning changes that occur with the disease.


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Caffeine's buzz chases away women's depression

Compared with uncaffeinated women, those who drank the equivalent of four or more cups of coffee a day are more likely to drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes and less likely to volunteer their time in church or community groups. But a new study finds that well-caffeinated women have a key health advantage over their more abstemious sisters: they’re less likely to become depressed.

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Scientists take key step in stem cell therapy

For the first time, scientists have used cloning techniques — inserting genetic material from adult cells into unfertilized human eggs — to create embryonic stem cells.

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Essential Tremor vs. Parkinson’s Disease (ET vs. PD) - Differences & Similarities

Both Essential Tremor and Parkinson's Disease are common movement disorders that affect many people around the world. Tremor shakes can happen at rest, while holding objects, and can also effect the head and the vocal cords. Neither of these movement disorders can be diagnosed with blood tests or MRI/CT brain imaging technologies. However, brain scans can help determine the origin of some movement disorders.

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