Parkinson’s Patients Have More Vision Problems, Require Better Screening, Study Says

Parkinson’s disease patients have a higher rate of vision problems compared with the general population, and require screening for ophthalmologic symptoms to enable more timely treatment, according to a recent study. The study, “Seeing ophthalmologic problems in Parkinson disease,” was published in…

Italian Self-rating Scale for Quality of Life in Parkinson’s Patients Validated in Study

The Italian version of the scale most often used to determine quality of life in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) — the self-report 39-Item Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39) — has been validated for Italian patients, a study reports. The Italian form…

3-Minute Test Detects Parkinson’s and Lewy Body Dementia

A recent published paper in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: the journal of the Alzheimer’s Association entitled “Improving the Clinical Detection of Lewy Body Dementia with the Lewy Body Composite Risk Score,” reports a new quick test to determine signs and symptoms of Lewy Body dementia…