Parkinson's Disease: A Complete Guide for Patients and Families, Second Edition (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book)
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ISBN: 0801885469 / Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, November 2006
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 best comprehensive guide on Parkinson's disease I have ever read. If I were suggesting a book for my primary care physician to read on Parkinson's disease, this would be the one." -- APDA Young Parkinson's Newsletter
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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
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