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Parkinson's Disease:

A Complete Guide for Patients and Families 3ed
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Recent innovations, including deep brain stimulation and new medications, have significantly improved the lives of people who have Parkinson's disease. Nevertheless, they continue to face many challenges. Patients and families have long relied on Parkinson's Disease for reliable advice about medical, emotional, and physical issues. Bringing this trusted guide up to date, three expert neurologists describe
  • New understandings gained by five years of additional intensive research of Parkinson's disease
  • A new chapter devoted to exerciseNew information about imaging techniques such as SPECT Scan and DATScan that are aiding in the diagnosis
  • New findings about the genetics of the disease
  • Promising uses of new technologies such as tablet devices for people who have trouble communicating
  • Information about impulse control disorders caused by some drugs used to address the symptoms of the disease
  • A complete update on treatments such as medications, surgery, and more

    • Preface
    Part I: Introduction
    1. What Is Parkinson's Disease?
    2. Who Gets Parkinson's Disease?
    Part II: Signs and Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease
    3. Early Symptoms
    4. Moderate Parkinson's Disease
    5. Advanced Parkinson's Disease
    6. Behavioral Changes and Psychiatric Symptoms
    7. Young-Onset Parkinson's Disease
    Part III: Diagnosing Parkinson's Disease
    8. How a Diagnosis Is Made
    9. Types of Parkinsonism
    10. Diagnosing Other Neurologic Problems
    Part IV: Treatment of Parkinson's Disease
    11. How the Brain Works and How TreatmentWorks
    12. Choosing the Correct Medications
    13. Drug Therapies
    14. Exercise and Rehabilitation Therapy
    15. Diet and Complementary/AlternativeTherapies
    16. Surgical Treatments
    Part V: Other Issues
    17. Illness, Hospitalization, and Parkinson's Disease
    18. Parkinson's Disease Research
    19. Questions and Answers
    Resources
    Index

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