A few weeks ago, a friend of mine took a serious fall while riding a Onewheel around an obstacle course. While lying on the ground, he felt a head-splitting pain. An MRI showed that he had torn his rotator cuff and needed surgery. Before long, I was ushering him to…
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People with Parkinson’s disease who carry GBA1 variants may experience faster cognitive decline when deep brain stimulation (DBS) is performed later rather than earlier in the disease course, a new study found. “These results should inform shared decision making between clinicians and patients and provide a rationale for prospective…
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I couldn’t tell you the name of the medication today. But more than a decade later, I can still remember the sound of Uncle Brandon flushing it down the toilet. It was a newer medication his doctor had prescribed for his Parkinson’s disease, and Uncle Brandon hated it. He…
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Cognitive issues affect about one in three people with Parkinson’s disease, a meta-analysis found, highlighting the importance of early screening and long-term research into the causes and early indicators of cognitive decline in patients. The researchers cautioned that the studies they looked at varied widely in diagnostic criteria and…
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Remote-monitored home exercise may help people with Parkinson’s disease, but current evidence does not show that it is more effective than standard home exercise or therapist-led rehabilitation, according to a meta-analysis of more than a dozen randomized controlled trials. “It neither establishes an independent effect of remote monitoring nor…
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Nicotinamide riboside (NR) — an oral supplement designed to increase nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD), a molecule needed for cells to produce energy and function properly — did not improve symptoms in people with Parkinson’s disease compared with a placebo in a Phase 3 clinical trial. “We had a strong…
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