Conversations on Parkinson’s Disease Part 3: Managing Early PD

This NeuraPod is the third in a series on Parkinson’s disease (PD), featuring conversations with clinicians and researchers in the field. In this podcast, a companion piece to the earlier “Identifying Early PD,” Dr. Paul S. Fishman, a Professor of Neurology and the Director of the Alzheimer’s Center at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, discusses the management of early PD. Dr. Fishman discusses the early initiation of drug therapy, particularly levodopa, as a key step in disease management. Potential issues that can impact adherence to therapy throughout the course of the disease, including symptoms that can affect patients’ ability to tolerate medication, the changing role of dopaminergic therapy over the disease’s course, and caregiver support concerns, are also discussed.

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Length: 17 minutes, 18 seconds
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Highlights of the 14th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders

This NeuraPod features a recap of some of the noteworthy research presented at the Movement Disorder Society's 14th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, held June 13-17, 2010, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Presentations focusing on Tango therapy in Parkinson’s disease (PD), treatment of early PD, and impulse control disorders in PD are among those summarized in this podcast.

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Length: 23 minutes, 58 seconds
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Conversations on Parkinson’s Disease Part 2: Identifying Early PD

This NeuraPod is the second in a series on Parkinson’s disease (PD), featuring conversations with clinicians and researchers in the field. In this podcast, Dr. Paul S. Fishman, a Professor of Neurology and the Director of the Alzheimer’s Center at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, discusses the clinical identification of PD in its early stages. The early identification of PD can be challenging, as non-motor symptoms, such as anosmia and depression, frequently precede the disorder’s canonical motor symptoms. Diagnosis can also be confounded by atypical parkinsonisms, whose symptoms can mimic PD in the early stages. Nonetheless, novel imaging methods have shown promise in detecting PD in its pre-motor or pre-clinical stages. This podcast is the first of two to address the identification and management of early PD.

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Length: 22 minutes, 52 seconds
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Highlights of the 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology

This NeuraPod focuses on some of the notable research presented at the 62nd AAN Annual Meeting, held April 10-17, 2010, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The podcast features a conversation with Corey Ford, MD, Professor of Neurology and the Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Specialty Clinic at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, who discusses select multiple sclerosis (MS) presentations and addresses the controversial relationship between chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) and MS. A roundup of compelling research related to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease is also included.

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Length: 20 minutes, 17 seconds
Size: 18.5 MB