In recent years, new treatments have vastly improved the lives of people with Parkinson's disease by substantially reducing the occurrence of symptoms and significantly delaying the onset of disabilities. Parkinson's Disease: A Complete Guide for Patients and Families offers ways to help maintain a good quality of life while living with Parkinson's disease. The book helps readers to understand the disorder and offers guidelines for how to work in partnership with a physician to develop effective coping skills and make educated choices when considering the array of treatment options.

Written by leading authorities on movement and neurological disorders, this comprehensive book provides up-to-date information on symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and management of Parkinson's disease to help people cope with medical, emotional, and practical challenges. Texts, illustrations, and tables offer detailed information on the use of medications as well as on diet, exercise, complementary therapies, and surgery.

Topics include:
• Symptoms of Parkinson's disease and related movement disorders
• Q&A section addressing the most commonly asked questions
• Drug treatments
• Diet, exercise, and complementary therapies
• New surgical therapies
• Practical issues of insurance, employment, health care choices, and coping
• Information on medications and side effects --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Book Info
Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore. Topics include symptoms of Parkinson's disease and related movement disorders, questions and answers addressing the commonly asked questions, drug treatments, diet and exercise, complementary therapies, surgical therapies, medical side effects, and other issues. Softcover.

About the Author
William J. Weiner, M.D., is the director of the Maryland Parkinson's Disease Center and a professor of neurology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Lisa M. Shulman, M.D., is an associate professor of neurology at the University of Maryland and the Rosalyn Newman Scholar of Clinical Research in Parkinson's Disease.

Anthony E. Lang, M.D., F.R.C.P., is a professor of neurology and holds the Jack Clark Chair in Parkinson's Disease Research at the University of Toronto; he is the director of the Morton and Gloria Shulman Movement Disorders Center at Toronto Western Hospital, as well as the co-editor-in-chief of the journal Movement Disorders. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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