New Parkinsonโ€™s Disease Treatments in the Clinical Trial Pipeline

Posted on by Rebecca Gilbert, MD, Ph.D.

Promising New Treatments for Parkinsonโ€™s: Whatโ€™s in the Clinical Trial Pipeline? There remains an urgent unmet need for Parkinsonโ€™s...see more disease (PD) treatments that slow or halt the underlying neurodegenerative process that leads to disease progression. Much research is focused on this, with clinical trials underway. It is also critical that medications continue to be developed […]

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Creativity in People with Parkinsonโ€™s Disease

Posted on by Rebecca Gilbert, MD, Ph.D.

The benefits of artistic activities for people with Parkinsonโ€™s Parkinsonโ€™s disease (PD) is a complicated and long-term condition that...see more often impacts both physical and mental health. Traditional medical and surgical treatments are not always enough to help people with PD live life to the fullest, and creative activities โ€“ from visual arts and music to […]

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Exploring the Variations of Carbidopa/Levodopa: The Mainstay of Parkinsonโ€™s Disease Treatment

Posted on by Rebecca Gilbert, MD, Ph.D.

How carbidopa/levodopa is used to treat Parkinsonโ€™s disease symptoms Loss of neurons in the brain that use dopamine to...see more communicate is one of the hallmark features of Parkinsonโ€™s disease (PD), causing slowness, stiffness, tremor, and balance problems. Replacing the brainโ€™s dopamine is therefore one of the key treatment strategies to help improve the motor symptoms […]

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The Future of Parkinsonโ€™s Disease Treatments

Posted on by Rebecca Gilbert, MD, Ph.D.

The Parkinson’s Disease Medication Pipeline The pipeline for Parkinsonโ€™s disease (PD) medications is extremely crowded these days, with multiple...see more medications at various stages of research development. This is very exciting news for the PD community and is a perfect example of the โ€œhope in progressโ€ part of our organizationโ€™s motto. It is thrilling to see […]

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What is a DaTscan and should I get one?

Posted on by Rebecca Gilbert, MD, Ph.D.

DaTscan: A test to help in the diagnosis of Parkinson’s What is a DaTscan and how is it performed?...see more In 2011, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved an imaging test to help diagnose Parkinson’s disease (PD) called DaTscan (dopamine transporter scan). In this test, a radioactive tracer, Ioflupane (123I), also known as DaTscan, is injected […]

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Gene therapy for Parkinsonโ€™s disease

Posted on by Rebecca Gilbert, MD, Ph.D.

What is gene therapy and can it help people with Parkinsonโ€™s? You may have read about efforts to use...see more gene therapy as a treatment for Parkinsonโ€™s disease (PD). Itโ€™s an exciting prospect and studies are underway, with some positive results so far. Understanding these studies and therapies requires some background information about what genes are […]

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Exploring Deep Brain Stimulation & Focused Ultrasound for Parkinson’s Disease

Posted on by Rebecca Gilbert, MD, Ph.D.

Insights from Dr. Ihtsham Ul Haq and Tom Liodice on APDA’s Dr. Gilbert Hosts Deep brain stimulation (DBS) and...see more focused ultrasound (FUS) are two medical procedures that may be considered for certain people with PD to help alleviate symptoms. On a recent episode of APDAโ€™s Dr. Gilbert Hosts, I spoke with Dr. Ihtsham Ul Haq, a movement […]

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Use of Cannabidiol (CBD) for PD symptoms

Posted on by Rebecca Gilbert, MD, Ph.D.

Understanding CBD People with PD are eager to find alternative methods to help their symptoms, leading many of these patients...see more to look into whether other therapies, such as medical marijuana, also known as medical cannabis, can be useful. Previously, I wrote a blog on medical marijuana and PD which you may find interesting. More recently, I […]

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