Patients with Parkinson’s may experience “on-off” fluctuations, which are changes in the ability to move and are usually related to medication timing. These fluctuations can result in the…
52 months after a suggestive brain scan indicated a strong possibility of CTE in a former NFL player, the diagnosis has been confirmed by autopsy following the ex-players…
Primary care physicians (PCPs) remain the gatekeepers of medicine and are on the front-lines of diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of a plethora of conditions. Adult attention-deficit / hyperactivity…
Eleanor K. Orehek, MD shares details of some new delivery methods for carbidopa/levodopa in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Among the promising new technologies are a credit card-sized wearable…
Researchers from University College London (UCL) are working on a project with the lofty goal of analyzing the entirety of a brain’s neuronal activity in real time. Most…
The AMA is augmenting its support of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposals for the second year of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) with a…
Irene Malaty, MD, Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Florida, explains how doctors can help manage their patient’s motor fluctuations. A doctor can prescribe an alternative…
Each month we present you with the latest featured study from the research teams at JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association. Check out the video for intriguing…
Charles Munyon, director of functional restorative neurosurgery at Temple University Hospital, MD, discusses movement disorders and their current treatments. Degenerative disorders involve the death of brain cells over…
