Restless Legs Syndrome
- January 17, 2018
- JP
- DementiaParkinson's and Mimics
Discover the features, associations and treatments for restless legs syndrome. VIEW ALL VIDEOS
Daytime sleepiness
- January 16, 2018
- JP
- DementiaParkinson's and Mimics
So many patients spend their day sleeping. Listen to the causes and treatments for this tricky symptom. VIEW ALL VIDEOS
Sleep fragmentation and Insomnia
- January 15, 2018
- JP
- DementiaParkinson's and Mimics
Disrupted overnight sleep can occur for many reasons. Listen here to some of the common and potentially reversible causes of fragmented...
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....
What is Progressive Supranuclear Palsy?
- September 8, 2017
- JP
- Parkinson's and Mimics
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy is a Parkinson mimic. To look alike, either in a typical Parkinson or a Parkinson Plus syndrome. So...
A Negative Reaction to the Diagnosis
- September 8, 2017
- JP
- DementiaParkinson's and Mimics
One of the challenges with these diseases of the brain, is that there can be a bit of a stigma attached...
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...
Dopamine Agonists
- September 8, 2017
- JP
- Parkinson's and Mimics
One of our strategies for treating Parkinson’s disease is to trick the brain by giving patients a dopamine agonist, and dopamine...