Best book on Parkinson's Disease I have read so far - mainly because it is written by a journalist instead of doctors! If you are new to Parkinson’s, this is not going to give you the details on what the disease is or does that you’re looking for. But if you are familiar with Parkinson’s, this is a fascinating history and look-forward of the disease. Award-winning journalist Palfreman’s fast-paced, captivating, and crisp narrative of patients, doctors, and researchers is part scientific investigation, part medical detective story, and part memoir, and it opens wide a window into the world of Parkinson’s. He introduces readers to James Parkinson, who in 1817 offered the first clinical description of the disease; Jean-Martin Charcot, who accurately described the signs and symptoms of what appeared to be a movement disorder; Constantin Tretiakoff, who demonstrated that the disease was caused by damage to the substantia nigra portion of the brain; and Frederick Lewy, who discovered the pathological hallmarks of Parkinson’s. Palfreman, who was diagnosed with the disease during his research, investigates drug therapies, such as the routine L-dopa therapy initiated in the 1960s and still used frequently today, and experimental drugs such as NPT088, which has yet to be approved by the FDA. There are more than seven million Parkinson’s sufferers worldwide and Palfreman shares some of their stories, including that of dancer Pam Quinn, who has learned to “trick” her symptoms and teaches her methods to other Parkinson’s patients. He reminds readers that a diagnosis of Parkinson’s is a life sentence, but Palfreman remains optimistic about what new discoveries may be able to offer Parkinson’s patients. This book is AMAZING for patients with Parkinson's and for their close ones.

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Brain StormsJon Palfreman · Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 20151 okunma

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Jon Palfreman, Frontline ve Nova'daki belgesel çalışmalarıyla tanınan bir muhabir, yazar, yapımcı, yönetmen ve eğitimcidir. Gazetecilik çalışmalarıyla Peabody Ödülü, Emmy Ödülü, Alfred I. du Pont-Columbia Üniversitesi Gümüş Baton, Amerika Yazarlar Birliği Ödülü ve AAAS -Westinghouse Gazetecilikte Bilim Ödülü gibi ödüller kazandı. Palfreman çok çeşitli konularda belgeseller yazdı, yönetti ve yapımcılığını üstlendi, ancak bilim ve tıp ile ilgili güncel ve genellikle tartışmalı konularda uzmanlaştı. Palfreman, Brainstorms: The Race to Unlock the Mysteries of Parkinson's Disease , The Case of the Frozen Addicts: Working at the Edge of the Mysteries of the Human Brain ( J. William Langston ile birlikte ), ve The Dream Machine: Exploring the Computer Age ( Doron Swade ile birlikte ) kitaplarının yazarıdır . Aynı zamanda Palfreman Film Grubunun başkanıdır.

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