Richard B. Rosenbaum M. D.

Understanding Parkinson's Disease (eBook, PDF)

A Personal and Professional View

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A neurologist whose father suffers from Parkinson's provides a layreader-friendly explanation of the disease, its history, development, treatment and modern advances that may ultimately lead to a cure. Rosenbaum's professional view is as a clinical neurologist who regularly cares for patients with the progressive neurological deterioration caused by Parkinson's Disease. His personal experience with his father, a retired surgeon, further powers his quest to give patients, family members and caregivers what they need to know. Topics covered include challenges of correct diagnosis, variations in prognosis, investigations of causes including exciting progress in possible toxins and genetic factors that play a role, and different treatment options including natural remedies as well as new drugs for symptom treatment. Rosenbaum also explains research efforts to find a preventative drug, modern surgical options and hopes for stem cell or gene therapy. In this work, Rosenbaum blends historical and medical research with illustrations from the patients in his professional life, and from his dad on the homefront, to give us a clear and comprehensive understanding of Parkinson's. He also includes writing from and attention to well-known individuals affected by this disorder-among them actor Michael J. Fox.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313082825
• Artikelnr.: 68528478

Autorenporträt

Richard B. Rosenbaum, M.D. is a Clinical Professor of Neurology at Oregon Health Sciences University, and a practicing Neurologist at The Oregon Clinic. He is a board-certified Neurologist, a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and also the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine. He earned his medical degree at Harvard University Medical School.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. THE DIAGNOSTIC CONVERSATION-DIAGNOSIS AND
PROGNOSIS OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE Making the Diagnosis James Parkinson and
the Shaking Palsy Jean Charcot and Better Examinations Checking Diagnostic
Accuracy Specificity and Sensitivity Prognosis The Hoehn and Yahr Scale The
Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale 2. PATHOLOGY OF PARKINSON'S
DISEASE What Part of the Brain Fails in Parkinson's Disease? Nerve Cell
Connections Chemical Pathology of Parkinson's Disease 3. IS THERE AN
EPIDEMIC OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE? Epidemiology of Parkinson's Disease John
Snow-The Father of Epidemiology Koch's Postulates Investigating Clusters of
Parkinson's Disease Kuru and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Does Smoking Cause
Parkinson's Disease? Causation versus Association-The Hill Criteria
Epidemiology of Smoking and Parkinson's Disease Pesticides, Head Trauma,
and Parkinson's Disease Parkinson's at the Manor 4. CAUSES OF PARKINSON'S
DISEASE Does an Infection Cause Parkinson's Disease? When Prophecy Fails Do
Toxins Cause Parkinson's Disease? An Answer from the Frozen Addicts Do
Genes Cause Parkinson's Disease? All Disease Is Genetic Disease 5.
MEDICATIONS FOR PARKINSON'S DISEASE The Herbal Tradition Herbal Treatment
of Parkinson's Disease Awakenings-L-Dopa Therapy Dopamine and
Schizophrenia-The Dopamine Receptor Rational Drug Therapy-Trying to Prevent
Progression of Parkinson's Disease Coenzyme Q10-Another Quest for
Neuroprotection The Challenges of Taking L-Dopa 6. IMAGES OF THE BRAIN-A
PICTURE OF THE BRAIN IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS Imaging and Diagnosis
Imaging and Presymptomatic Diagnosis Imaging and Disease Progression 7. A
BETTER MODEL OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE Dopamine Nerve Cells Connect to Many
Parts of the Brain Dopamine is One of Many Neurotransmitters That Are
Important in Parkinson's Disease Patients with Parkinson's Disease Lose
Cells from Many Areas of the Brain 8. BRAIN SURGERY FOR PARKINSON'S DISEASE
Can Destroying Part of the Brain Be Good? "Brain
Transplantation"-Implanting New Brain Cells Gene Therapy 9. LIVING WITH
PARKINSON'S DISEASE Mood, Behavior, and Parkinson's Disease Can L-Dopa Make
People Gamble? Are Parkinson's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease Related?
Sleep and Parkinson's Disease Fall and Injury Prevention 10. CONCLUSIONS
What Happens to Brain Cells to Cause Parkinson's Disease? Living Better
with Parkinson's Disease The Story of Parkinson's Disease Is Not Finished
Appendix: Reading about Parkinson's Disease Glossary Notes Index