The AJMC® Parkinson Disease compendium is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights for progressive nervous system disorder, which affects movement and often includes tremors.
Changes in Blood Pressure, Cholesterol Levels May Predate Motor Symptoms in Parkinson Disease
January 26th 2021Changes in blood pressure, percentage of red blood cells, and serum cholesterol levels were found to occur in patients with Parkinson disease before the onset of motor symptoms, suggesting potential biomarkers for early diagnosis and treatment.
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How Mutations in the Parkin Gene Affect Quality of Life in Patients With Parkinson Disease
January 4th 2021Patients with newly diagnosed Parkinson disease (PD) who carried mutations in the Parkin gene were found to exhibit worse quality of life, longer disease duration, and an earlier age at disease onset than those with PD who did not carry the mutation.
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Top 5 Most-Read Parkinson Disease Articles of 2020
December 31st 2020The top 5 most-read Parkinson disease stories of 2020 on AJMC.com included the latest insights on treatments such as spinal cord stimulation and the role of dietary management, as well as implications of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
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How Does Presence of Essential Tremor Affect Progression of Parkinson Disease?
December 24th 2020Among patients with Parkinson disease, a positive history of essential tremor was found to be associated with slower progression of motor and nonmotor symptoms, with no impact observed on survival.
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How Has Neurological Telemedicine Fared Amid COVID-19?
December 8th 2020The effectiveness of telemedicine services among patients with neurological conditions was spotlighted amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, particularly how telephone and video consultations have fared in temporarily replacing face-to-face consultations.
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Machine Learning Approach May Offer Future Diagnostic Advances in Parkinson Disease
November 16th 2020A machine learning approach that works to identify mitochondrial impairments, a potential mechanism underlying the pathogenesis of Parkinson disease (PD), accurately distinguished between patients with PD and healthy controls.
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How Tremor Affects Learning Abilities in Patients With Parkinson Disease
November 13th 2020Patients with Parkinson disease (PD) who do not experience tremor were found to show improvements in reward learning after taking dopaminergic medication, while those with PD and tremor exhibited no benefit in reinforcement learning.
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How Socioeconomic Status Influences Mortality Risk in Patients With Parkinson Disease
November 6th 2020Individual-level low socioeconomic status (SES) was found to be significantly associated with increased mortality in Korean patients with Parkinson disease, whereas regional-level SES was not.
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Skin Samples May Improve Earlier Diagnosis of Parkinson Disease
October 27th 2020A skin test to detect clumping of alpha-synuclein, an abnormal protein suggested to have a central role in the pathogenesis of Parkinson disease, may assist in improving earlier detection of the condition, according to study findings.
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Air Pollution Tied to Higher Hospitalization Risk for PD, Other Neurological Disorders
October 20th 2020Air pollution was found to be significantly associated with an increased risk of hospital admissions for several neurological disorders, including Parkinson disease, Alzheimer disease, and other dementias.
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Assessing Impact of Parkinson Disease Symptoms on Caregivers, Patients Amid COVID-19
October 17th 2020In assessing symptoms of Parkinson disease exacerbated by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, nonmotor neuropsychiatric and automatic symptoms were noted to particularly affect both patients and their respective caregivers.
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Spinal Cord Stimulation Found to Reduce Pain, Motor Symptoms in Parkinson Disease
October 3rd 2020Spinal cord stimulation was found to decrease pain and reduce motor symptoms of Parkinson disease as both a singular therapy and as a salvage therapy after deep brain stimulation therapies proved ineffective.
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Novel Study Examines Optimal Drug Balance for Patients With Parkinson Disease
September 29th 2020Researchers assess the optimal balance of levodopa in patients with Parkinson disease (PD), which wanes in efficacy as PD progresses and can contribute to uncontrollable, involuntary bodily movements if given in too high of a dosage.
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