Posts Tagged ‘Parkinson’s disease’

September 15th, 2008 - 10:37 pm § in Parkinson’s disease

Deep brain stimulation procedure for Parkinson’s disease

The role of treatment of Parkinson’s disease is still a matter of debate. A new mode of treatment which has come up for the treatment is deep brain stimulation.[...]

September 9th, 2008 - 9:15 pm § in Parkinson’s disease

What are the different treatment options for Parkinson’s disease?

Parkinson’s disease is a severely debilitating disease with no cure discovered till now. The main aim of all of the existing treatment options for Parkinson’s disease is to reduce the intensity of the symptoms and make the life of the patient a little easier.[...]

August 5th, 2008 - 9:35 am § in Neurology- Neurosurgery

Levodopa-the gold standard in management of Parkinson’s disease

Parkinson’s disease is a slowly progressive neurological condition occurring due to the lack of dopamine in the brain cells. Levaodopa, also called L-Dopa is the existing gold standard for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.[...]