New Parkinson's Disease Research
Although there is no cure for Parkinson's disease (PD), with proper medical therapy the symptoms can be controlled for many years.
Daniel Kremens, a neurologist at Jefferson who specializes in movement disorders, talks to Main Line Today about ongoing research to find a cure for PD.
"There really are two hot areas of research right now," Dr. Kremens says. "One has to do with the notion that we can no longer consider PD as strictly a motor-movement disorder. We also know now that there are non-motor symptoms like constipation and loss of a sense of smell that show up long before the tremors or rigidity."
Being a coffee drinker and a smoker is said to actually decrease your chances of developing the disease.
"If you consider that person with PD is somewhat reserved and risk-adverse, it makes sense that you're not going to see them with habits—drinking and smoking—generally associated with risk-takers," says Dr. Kremens.
Read "The Parkinson’s Paradox" on mainlinetoday.com to learn more about new PD studies.
Publication: Main Line Today
Published: 1/5/2010