Parkinsons Disease Top Tips To Optimize Function

Download or read book Parkinson's Disease Top Tips to Optimize Function written by Lucille Leader and published by Denor Press. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parkinson 's DiseaseTop Tips to Optimize FunctionThe Top Tips offered in this user-friendly book, are distilled from the many years of successful clinical experience of the authors, directors of their pioneering Parkinson 's Management Team, in London, UK.It is greatly comforting for people with Parkinson 's to know that these really excellent tips can offer effective tools to optimize their function and wellbeing (abilities), at any stageThis book is a MUST for people with Parkinson s, their Partners and Caregivers to confidently make informed choices within the constraints of the illness. The many positive tips include: The Specific Timing of taking L-dopa and other Drugs with Food Avoiding Drug-Nutrient and Inter-Nutrient Interactions Movement Recommendations include Unfreezing, Getting up, Balance, Dance, Movement Therapy, Feet, Hands, Circulation and many others! Understanding How Dopamine is made from Dietary Protein and other Nutrients Dopamine, Adrenaline and the Stress Connection Stress Management Regulation of Intestinal Function Sleep Improvement Energy Production Dental Health Weight Control Diet Stress Relief Reducing Free Radicals Avoiding Excito-toxins Food Hygiene, Kitchen Safety Intimacy, Pregnancy Having an Anaesthetic Travel Tips Partners and Caregivers Speech Recommendations Osteopathy, Physiotherapy Swallowing and Chewing Problems Music Therapy Laboratory Tests Nutritional Supplements Simple, Delicious Recipes Helpful Contacts

Download or read book Parkinson's Treatment written by Michael S. Okun and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-03-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addresses all of the new and emerging Parkinson's disease therapies (stem cells, gene therapy, optogenetics, etc.).

Download or read book Ending Parkinson's Disease written by Ray Dorsey and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this "must-read" guide (Lonnie Ali), four leading doctors and advocates offer a bold action plan to prevent, care for, and treat Parkinson's disease-one of the great health challenges of our time. Brain diseases are now the world's leading source of disability. The fastest growing of these is Parkinson's: the number of impacted patients has doubled to more than six million over the last twenty-five years and is projected to double again by 2040. Harmful pesticides that increase the risk of Parkinson's continue to proliferate, many people remain undiagnosed and untreated, research funding stagnates, and the most effective treatment is now a half century old. In Ending Parkinson's Disease, four top experts provide a plan to help prevent Parkinson's, improve care and treatment, and end the silence associated with this devastating disease.

Download or read book Reverse Parkinson's Disease written by John Pepper and published by Rosedog Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Balance Dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease written by Martina Mancini and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2019-09-14 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Balance Dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease: Basic Mechanisms to Clinical Management presents the most updated information on a variety of topics. Sections help clinicians evaluate the types of balance control issues, dynamic balance dysfunction during turning, and the effects of medication, deep brain stimulation, and rehabilitation intervention on balance control. This book is the first to review the four main postural control systems and how they are affected, including balance during quiet stance, reactive postural adjustments to external perturbations, anticipatory postural adjustments in preparation for voluntary movements, and dynamic balance control during walking and turning. In addition, the book's authors summarize the effects of levodopa, deep brain stimulation, and rehabilitation intervention for each balance domain. This book is recommended for anyone interested in how and why balance control is affected by PD. - Provides the first comprehensive review of research to date on balance dysfunctions in Parkinson's disease - Discusses how to translate current neuroscience research into practice regarding neural control of balance - Provides evidence on the effects of current interventions on balance control

Download or read book Parkinson's Disease written by William J. Weiner and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2006-11-13 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent innovations, including deep brain stimulation and new medications, have significantly improved the lives of people with Parkinson’s disease. Nevertheless, medical, emotional, and physical challenges remain. The second edition of this accessible and comprehensive guide provides crucial information for managing this complex condition, including details on the use of medications, diet, exercise, complementary therapies, and surgery. The second edition includes new information about: • The genetic and hereditary pattern of the disease • Medications and uses of established medications • Other approaches to treating the symptoms of Parkinson’s • Juvenile-onset Parkinson’s disease • Normal pressure hydrocephalus • The effects of fluctuating hormones on disease symptoms • Fetal cell transplants and porcine cell transplants • The nutritional supplement Co-Enzyme Q10

Download or read book Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease written by Gordon H. Baltuch and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2007-03-19 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considered the largest breakthrough in the treatment of Parkinson's disease in the past 40 years, Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is a pioneering procedure of neurology and functional neurosurgery, forging enormous change and growth within the field. The first comprehensive text devoted to this surgical therapy, Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's