Dr. Peter Tass, a professor of neurosurgery at Stanford, has been developing a vibrating glove treatment for Parkinson’s Disease for decades. A local TV station recently talked to Dr. Tass about his research.
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More important to maintain exercise than to be active before disease starts, study shows
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This interesting study of “prediagnostic” progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) out of the UK Biobank was recently published. It concludes that symptoms of PSP can be seen almost 8 years before diagnosis. Reaction time was the strongest predictive marker with changes evident as early as 10 years before diagnosis!
Note that no pathological confirmation of those with PSP was done for this study.
This interesting new research of 300,000 people with PD and 1.2 million matched controls explored prodromal Parkinson’s disease by studying the skin, genitourinary, and gastrointestinal issues reported. The researchers say that studying these systems “offers a unique window for understanding early disease pathogenesis and developing disease modifying treatments.”
The Movement Disorders Center is seeking participants with Parkinson’s disease (PD) who do not have dementia and who do have either delusions (false or mistaken beliefs) and/or hallucinations (seeing or hearing things that are not really there) to study an investigational drug. This study is being conducted to see if the investigational drug might improve the activities of daily living in PD patients. Participants must have a relative, housemate, or friend assist during the study.
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