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Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

People have been fascinated with the possibility that Stem Cells might help as a treatment for Parkinson’s disease. Learn more as...

Comparing Parkinson’s Disease and Lewy Body Dementia

Same same…but different. Both Parkinson’s and Lewy Body Dementia share similar pathologies when studied down the microscope and clinically they can...

Tips for long haul travel

Concerns around long haul travel are often heightened in people with Neurodegenerative conditions like Dementia, Parkinson’s and related diseases. Identifying strategies...

Pregnancy in Parkinson’s Disease

Pregnancy is not a frequent topic in Parkinson’s patients but with around 5% of patients being under 40y, this issue does...

Professor Simon Lewis - Neurologist

Living with Parkinson’s Disease: A Survivor’s Guide

Check out this video, which is intended to give people living with Parkinson’s some tips on how to live the best...

Mucuna Pruriens – Velvet Bean – Natural Dopamine

Many patients think about more natural therapies but listen here to understand why this might have certain limitations. VIEW ALL VIDEOS

Dopamine - treatment for Parkinson's

Dopamine

We have lots of treatments that are available in Parkinson’s disease and most of our treatments focus on the physical symptoms of Parkinson’s which we...

What is Lewy Body

What is Lewy Body?

Classically, when we look down the microscope at someone who has Parkinson’s disease and look at their brain, we can see...

Treatment for Atypical Parkinson's Disease

Treatment for Atypical Parkinson’s Disease

Our treatment for atypical Parkinson’s Disease, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Multiple System Atrophy, Corticobasal Syndrome, Vascular Parkinsonism is much harder. In these...

dopamine-catechol-inhibitors

COMT Inhibitors for the Treatment of Parkinson’s

In more advanced cases of PD, what we’d really like is for the dopamine to hang around for a bit longer,...