Patients with Parkinson’s disease, a brain condition that affects movement and balance and can cause tremor, often have the same worry: Is my mind going to be affected? Find out more.
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Brain Matters: Pacific Neuroscience Institute – A Neighborhood Place for World-Class Brain Care
Maintaining brain health is key to living a healthier life. As we age, our brains become subject to risks associated with advancing years, but there are ways people can minimize some of these risks and enhance brain resilience. Read more.
Imagine using electricity to non-invasively treat and cure brain cancer. Or stroke. Or Parkinson’s. Or an aneurysm. Or Alzheimer’s, depression, concussion. Dr. Santosh Kesari is a physician scientist who sees the possibilities in the world of alternating electric field therapy.
Advances in management of motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD) have been seen in recent years in both medical management and surgical management. However, both PD patients and their physicians may not be familiar with the increasing options and so may not be taking advantage of available treatments.
The movement disorders program at Providence Saint John’s Health Center is expanding, offering patients a full range of diagnostic, treatment and supportive services, including a new Parkinson’s disease patient support group and access to evidence-based physical therapy.
Scientific studies have shown again, and again that exercise and physical activity can have dramatic impacts on the outcome and well-being in Parkinson’s disease (PD). The benefits of exercise are so widespread, as listed below, that exercise should be thought of as medicine. Read more.
This 3-part blog series looks at Parkinson’s disease and the gut. Explore the gut-brain connection and the role of human microbiome in health and disease.
This 3-part blog series looks at Parkinson’s disease and the gut. Explore the gut-brain connection and the role of human microbiome in health and disease.
This 3-part blog series looks at Parkinson’s disease and the gut. Explore the gut-brain connection and the role of human microbiome in health and disease.
Written by VICTORIA CLAYTON Excerpted from “Saving Brains” in Providence Health Magazine At Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, neurologist Melita Petrossian,[ Read More ]