…share their latest research, expertise and insights. A variety of sessions and teaching courses will be held on topics such as epilepsy, stroke, movement disorders, pain, dementia, neuro-rehabilitation, headache and…
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…Foltynie’s updates on a variety of experimental approaches for PD currently undergoing trials – both symptomatic (Neuroderm’s subcutaneous L-dopa, Atomoxetine for PD dementia, Varenicline for gait freezing, Pitolisant for excessive…
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…interventions in dementia patients, discussing the importance of integrating the patients’, carers’ and occupational therapists’ ‘stories’ to enable the most suitable programmes and optimise outcome, and also discussed some of…
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…and how this relates to the development of the dementia of PD; The new therapies being tried in PD including cell, gene and environmental / exercise based approaches; The importance…
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…deteriorate with time.16 Cognitive impairment may be a more prominent feature amongst non-Québecois patients, with intellectual impairment and dementia described in patients from Japan, Italy and Turkey.15 Although cerebellar eye…
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…networks are: cancer; cardiovascular including renal, diabetes and stroke; maternity, children and young people; and, mental health, dementia and neurological conditions (as lobbied for by NCS). SCNs could be key…
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…paralysis, stroke, sleep disturbances, epilepsy, dementia, and the neurology of syphilis [12]. Claims for PD have also been made [13], for example in this quote from Troilus and Cressida (I:ii:172-5),…
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…deficits and dementia, and some autonomic impairments are also commonly observed in these patients. Together, these motor and non-motor features cause significant disability and drastically reduce quality of life in…
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…never develop dementia. Dr Tom Foltynie from the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery then discussed the challenging topic of managing difficult Parkinson’s disease patients. He gave helpful tips for…
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