In this episode of The Brain Health Revolution Podcast, we explore Parkinson’s disease (PD), which is the second-most-common neurodegenerative disorder of aging after Alzheimer’s disease, and the most common movement disorder.
It affects approximately one-million people in the United States, and it’s estimated that 60,000 new cases are diagnosed each year. Worldwide, more than 10-million people live with Parkinson’s.
During the episode, we describe the disease through the lens of a patient story, discuss its epidemiology, analyze its causal pathways (including genetics), and look at the signs and symptoms, medical and invasive treatments, prevention, and future trends in research.
We also wrote about Parkinson’s disease on The Brain Docs Blog →
References
- Bloem, Bastiaan R., Michael S. Okun, and Christine Klein. “Parkinson’s disease.” The Lancet 397.10291 (2021): 2284-2303.
- Ascherio, Alberto, and Michael A. Schwarzschild. “The epidemiology of Parkinson’s disease: risk factors and prevention.” The Lancet Neurology 15.12 (2016): 1257-1272.
- Chen, Honglei, et al. “Consumption of dairy products and risk of Parkinson’s disease.” American journal of epidemiology, 165.9 (2007): 998-1006.
- Warnecke, Tobias, et al. “Gastrointestinal involvement in Parkinson’s disease: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management.” npj Parkinson’s Disease 8.1 (2022): 31.
