Parkinson's Disease Top Tips to Optimize Function

Author: Lucille Leader
Publisher: Denor Press
ISBN: 9780956172235
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 188

Book Description
Parkinson 's DiseaseTop Tips to Optimize FunctionThe Top Tips offered in this user-friendly book, are distilled from the many years of successful clinical experience of the authors, directors of their pioneering Parkinson 's Management Team, in London, UK.It is greatly comforting for people with Parkinson 's to know that these really excellent tips can offer effective tools to optimize their function and wellbeing (abilities), at any stageThis book is a MUST for people with Parkinson s, their Partners and Caregivers to confidently make informed choices within the constraints of the illness. The many positive tips include: The Specific Timing of taking L-dopa and other Drugs with Food Avoiding Drug-Nutrient and Inter-Nutrient Interactions Movement Recommendations include Unfreezing, Getting up, Balance, Dance, Movement Therapy, Feet, Hands, Circulation and many others! Understanding How Dopamine is made from Dietary Protein and other Nutrients Dopamine, Adrenaline and the Stress Connection Stress Management Regulation of Intestinal Function Sleep Improvement Energy Production Dental Health Weight Control Diet Stress Relief Reducing Free Radicals Avoiding Excito-toxins Food Hygiene, Kitchen Safety Intimacy, Pregnancy Having an Anaesthetic Travel Tips Partners and Caregivers Speech Recommendations Osteopathy, Physiotherapy Swallowing and Chewing Problems Music Therapy Laboratory Tests Nutritional Supplements Simple, Delicious Recipes Helpful Contacts

Ending Parkinson's Disease

Author: Ray Dorsey
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 1541724496
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 274

Book Description
In this "must-read" guide (Lonnie Ali), four leading doctors and advocates offer a bold action plan to prevent, care for, and treat Parkinson's disease-one of the great health challenges of our time. Brain diseases are now the world's leading source of disability. The fastest growing of these is Parkinson's: the number of impacted patients has doubled to more than six million over the last twenty-five years and is projected to double again by 2040. Harmful pesticides that increase the risk of Parkinson's continue to proliferate, many people remain undiagnosed and untreated, research funding stagnates, and the most effective treatment is now a half century old. In Ending Parkinson's Disease, four top experts provide a plan to help prevent Parkinson's, improve care and treatment, and end the silence associated with this devastating disease.

Occupational Therapy for People with Parkinson's Disease

Author: Ana Aragon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781905944163
Category : Occupational therapy
Languages : en
Pages : 76

Book Description
These practice guidelines draw upon the widest relevant knowledge and evidence available to describe and inform contemporary best practice occupational therapy for people with Parkinson's disease. They include practical examples of interventions to allow occupational therapists to apply new treatments to their practice.

Unconditional

Author: Lexxie Couper
Publisher: Lexxie Couper
ISBN: 0648653218
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 293

Book Description
“One of the BEST New Adult Coming of Age romance books I’ve read… funny, heartwarming and sexy.”~ Five Stars, Slick Reads Life’s great. Ish. Maci is young, smart and about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime. It looks like she has the world at her feet, but appearances can be deceiving. Because Maci is not like other college girls. She already knows her future is written and there’s no happy ending in sight. For Raphael, life is all upside. He’s on the fast track to success and nothing can stop him—except his unexpected love for a girl who’s convinced she’ll hold him back. When Maci and Raphael are drawn irresistibly together, they’ll both have to redefine everything they thought they knew about life, love and happy ever after. *** The Always series is a 3-book series about love, life, laughter and hope. Originally released under the pen-name Cherie M Hudson, the Always series is Lexxie Couper unlike you’ve read before. ***

Dementia with Lewy Bodies

Author: John O'Brien
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0203313909
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 286

Book Description
Filling a noticeable gap in the market for a new text solely focused on Dementia with Lewy Bodies, this book discusses cutting-edge topics covering the condition from diagnosis to management, as well as what is known about the neurobiological changes involved. With huge progress having been made over the last decade in terms of the disorder

Parkinson's Treatment

Author: Michael S. Okun
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781481854993
Category : Chronic diseases
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Addresses all of the new and emerging Parkinson's disease therapies (stem cells, gene therapy, optogenetics, etc.).

Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease

Author: Gordon H. Baltuch
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1420019759
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 374

Book Description
Considered the largest breakthrough in the treatment of Parkinson's disease in the past 40 years, Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is a pioneering procedure of neurology and functional neurosurgery, forging enormous change and growth within the field. The first comprehensive text devoted to this surgical therapy, Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's

Parkinson's Disease: An Interdisciplinary Guide to Management

Author: Fiona Lindop
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN: 0702082627
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 364

Book Description
Evidence shows that a multidisciplinary approach to Parkinson's care provides better patient outcomes and is more cost effective. This new title provides a practical guide to this approach, with the perspective of the person living with Parkinson's firmly at its core. Written by experts in their field and firmly grounded in up-to-date evidence, Parkinson's Disease: A Multidisciplinary Guide to Management addresses multidisciplinary intervention through the various stages of disease, rather than by discipline. It covers all aspects of care, from pharmacological management to non-drug interventions that are helpful for Parkinson's symptoms. This book is unique in its holistic approach to the patient and their family, and will help all members of the team to implement a biopsychosocial model of health that puts the person with Parkinson's at the centre of care. - Clinician-led content provides perspectives of different members of the interdisciplinary team, including medics, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and psychologists - Includes practical advice and top tips enhance management of common problems - Includes best practice for Parkinson's as well as Atypical Parkinsonian Syndromes - Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Corticobasal Syndrome and Multiple System Atrophy - Includes management of falls and bone health, palliative care, management of inpatients - Provides practical advice on delivering services remotely by telephone or video

Non-Motor Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease

Author: K. Ray Chaudhuri
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199684243
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 517

Book Description
Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) are known to suffer from motor symptoms of the disease, but they also experience non-motor symptoms (NMS) that are often present before diagnosis or that inevitably emerge with disease progression. The motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease have been extensively researched, and effective clinical tools for their assessment and treatment have been developed and are readily available. In contrast, researchers have only recently begun to focus on the NMS of Parkinson's Disease, which are poorly recognized and inadequately treated by clinicians. The NMS of PD have a significant impact on patient quality of life and mortality and include neuropsychiatric, sleep-related, autonomic, gastrointestinal, and sensory symptoms. While some NMS can be improved with currently available treatments, others may be more refractory and will require research into novel (non-dopaminergic) drug therapies for the future. Edited by members of the UK Parkinson's Disease Non-Motor Group (PD-NMG) and with contributions from international experts, this new edition summarizes the current understanding of NMS symptoms in Parkinson's disease and points the way towards future research.

Parkinson's Disease

Author: Geoffrey Leader
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780952605645
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 165

Book Description
Above all you have given us hope, help and a means to manage this disease. R. McNally, County Dublin, Ireland This timely volume provides an easily accessible and scientifically referenced source of information on the diverse aspects of drugs and nutrition. Professor Leslie Findley, Medical Advisor to The European Parkinson s Disease Association To me, nutrition now forms the platform for drug therapy and other contributory factors to my well-being. To anyone with or touched by Parkinson s, I commend this book to you. It is an indispensable tool to help you to help yourself... Read on and reap the benefits! Tom Isaacs, Co-Founder, The Cure Parkinson s Trust, UK In timing the L-dopa as the book says, I feel much better! V. R., PD Person, Southampton, UK The REVISED EDITION of this groundbreaking book offers a powerful blending of nutritional and pharmaceutical benefits, presenting the latest drugs and nutrients in the therapeutic approach and management of Parkinson s disease. In user-friendly, easy-to-follow style, it aims to reduce distressing symptoms, improve general functional health and promote well-being in people with Parkinson s disease. It clearly explains the effects of nutrition and medication on the brain and general metabolism, thereby empowering the reader to plan a more predictable and personalized management approach. This innovative book is suitable for Healthcare Professionals, Parkinson s Sufferers and Caregivers alike. It is also appropriate for students of medicine, nutrition and dietetics, presenting underlying biochemistry and scientific references.The authors are recognized internationally as pioneers in the field of nutritional management of Parkinson s Disease and have received a Quality of Life in Parkinson s Award in the USA and The CAM Highly Commended Outstanding practice Award in the UK. They have contributed to journals, lecture internationally at Parkinson s Disease congresses and have written other books on Parkinson s Disease. The many topics presented in this book include: Drug-nutrient interactions (L-dopa and food) Best combinations of food and drugs for effectiveness & reducing dyskinesia Smoothing out the on-off period Individualizing drug dosage with special monitoring charts Improving bowel function and constipation, Weight control Supporting energy and blood sugar regulation Biochemical tests to establish deficiencies/excesses Nutritional supplements and diet for cellular deficiencies or excesses Intravenous nutritional support Stabilizing cell membranes Cooking methods, diet, antioxidants and environmental awareness to reduce harmful free radicals Recipes for L-dopa users with family and friends Solutions for chewing, swallowing and malabsorption problems Sexuality and Sleep practical recommendations Stress management and the dopamine connection Optimum recovery from surgery After antibiotics - restoring intestinal immunity with probiotics Caregivers Needs Explanation of how the body and brain make dopamine from nutritional factors (biochemistry)