Memory problems in Parkinson’s Disease
- January 16, 2018
- JP
- Parkinson's and Mimics
The rates of cognitive decline and dementia are higher in Parkinson’s Disease. Listen here to the facts and tips on how...
What is Vascular Dementia?
Vascular Dementia often comes into our thinking when we’re looking at some patients with dementia. And what we’re seeing with Vascular...
What is Frontotemporal Dementia?
Frontotemporal Dementia is probably one of the leading causes of younger onset dementia. Patients being affected from their 30s to their...
What is Lewy Body Dementia?
- September 7, 2017
- JP
- DementiaParkinson's and Mimics
People often confuse, and come up to me and ask what’s the difference between having Parkinson’s Disease or Lewy Body Dementia....
Device Assisted Technologies for the Advanced Therapy of PD
- September 8, 2017
- JP
- Parkinson's and Mimics
We talked a bit about the medications for Parkinson’s disease and how effective they are. Patients often say to me “Will...
Neurodegenerative Disease – Genes
- September 8, 2017
- JP
- DementiaParkinson's and Mimics
Probably the most common question I get asked by support groups and people in general is “Is this disease of mine...
Treatment for Atypical Parkinson’s Disease
- September 8, 2017
- JP
- Parkinson's and Mimics
Our treatment for atypical Parkinson’s Disease, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Multiple System Atrophy, Corticobasal Syndrome, Vascular Parkinsonism is much harder. In these...
Challenges of Frontotemporal Dementia
Frontotemporal Dementia is a real challenge. The memory problems that we see with this dementia, don’t really respond to the treatments...
The Role of Genes in Frontotemporal Dementia
The genetics of Frontotemporal Dementia probably one of the most rapidly evolving fields that we have in this space. Probably 10...
The Role of Proteins in Brain Disease
- September 7, 2017
- JP
- DementiaParkinson's and Mimics
We know that most of the diseases of the brain that we’re seeing that are degenerative, seem to be associated with...