THE DOCTOR IS IN: GROUP VISITS FOR PEOPLE WITH PARKINSON DISEASE
Physician-led group visits for people with Parkinson disease (PD) may be a reasonable way to provide care and may be an alternative or addition to traditional one-on-one office visits....

PARKINSON DISEASE AND MELANOMA: IS THERE A LINK?
In their meta-analysis of published research on Parkinson disease (PD) and melanoma, Dr. Liu and her coworkers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) found a moderate association between Parkinson disease (PD) and a higher occurrence of melanoma....

Do Generic and Branded Medicines for the Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease Have Equal Effectiveness?
Dr. Go from the University of Florida’s McKnight Brain Institute and physicians from this and other institutions reviewed the results of studies that have compared the effectiveness of generic versus brand-name drugs in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and looked into potential reasons for differences....

Pharmacy Errors Not Uncommon
When doctors in New York discovered that several of their patients had received the wrong medicine or the wrong dose of the right medicine from a pharmacy, the doctors decided to look into the problem. ...

Amantadine in the Treatment of Compulsive Gambling Associated with Parkinson Disease
About 6% of people who have Parkinson disease (PD) have difficulty controlling their impulses (called impulse control disorder or ICD). ...

PD and Vitamin D
 Researchers in Finland have found that people who had lower levels of vitamin D early in life were more likely than those with higher levels to develop Parkinson disease (PD). ...

Are There Racial Differences in the Treatment of Parkinson Disease?
Over the years, research has shown that, depending upon their race, people may receive different care for a chronic disease, such as diabetes, kidney disease or heart disease...

Coping with PD: A Standardized Patient Education Program
Do you have Parkinson Disease (PD) and wish there was something to help you cope? Are the medications your doctor prescribes not enough to help you adjust to all of the changes in your life? ...

Rasagiline: Does it Slow the Progression of PD?
Results of the ADAGIO study published in the New England Journal of Medicine still don’t answer this question with certainty, but researchers are cautiously optimistic....


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