Celebrities in attendance at the Cincinnati ShakeUp for Parkinson’s event, presented by Cintas and benefitting the Gardner Center and the Brian Grant Foundation, helped make the evening a magical and memorable one. Above, former Cincinnati Bengal Dhani Jones with TV personality and co-host Nick Lachey, both wearing the Parkinson’s tie designed especially for the event and…
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Maureen Gartner, RN, M.Ed, Nurse Coordinator for the Gardner Center and Referral Nurse for the Tri-State Parkinson’s Wellness Chapter of the American Parkinson Disease Association, discusses the basics of Parkinson’s disease on Fox 19. Watch the segment >> Publication Name: Fox 19, WXIX Cincinnati
Listen to Dr. Fredy J Revilla, MD, Director of the Gardner Center, and Kim Seroogy, PhD, Director of the Selma Schottenstein Harris Laboratory, in an interview on WMKV Radio, 89.3-FM, Cincinnati. This file may take several minutes to download. Download an MP3 File >> Publication Name: WMKV Radio, 89.3-FM
“The only comparable therapy that brings up the on time to the extent or the magnitude that this gel does is deep-brain stimulation, so the future of studies will require direct head-to-head comparisons between deep-brain stimulation and levodopa-carbidopa gel,” Espay told Medscape Medical News. “It cannot be compared with any of the oral medications for…
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WCPO-Channel 9 features video footage of George Mandybur, MD, performing deep brain surgery and Parkinson’s advocate Dale Ankenman. View the segment » View complete surgical video and patient education materials »
A new study of 366 British patients with Parkinson’s disease has found that deep brain stimulation is more effective than medication alone. Read the complete article on the BBC’s Web site » Publication Name: BBC
Read the complete article by Gina Kolata, published March 31, 2021 in the New York Times »
Peter Strauss, a former Cincinnati City Councilman and Vice Mayor, died February 12 after a nearly 20-year battle with Parkinson’s disease. His obituary appears on Cincinnati.com »
To view this segment on the Today Show, please visit http://bit.ly/aFZp7G The UC Neuroscience Institute also provides surgical treatment for essential tremor. Surgery has the potential to significantly reduce shaking in the hands and arms.
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