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Coverage from the

20th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders

June 19 - 23, 2016; Berlin, Germany

June 19 - 23, 2016 Berlin, Germany

MDS Iron Supplementation May Reduce Tic Severity in Tourette's Children with Tourette's syndrome have more severe tics if they are iron deficient, a preliminary study shows. Iron supplementation reduces tic severity whether patients are iron deficient or not.
Medscape Medical News, July 5, 2016
MDS Patients With Parkinson's Underuse Allied Health Services Few patients with Parkinson's disease take advantage of allied health services, which can enhance their long-term function. Racial and age disparities and administrative barriers may be possible reasons.
Medscape Medical News, July 5, 2016
MDS Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy Reduces Essential Tremor MRI thermography-guided unilateral focused ultrasound thalamotomy reduces long-standing essential tremor and disability and improves quality of life with minimal adverse effects, a study shows.
Medscape Medical News, June 30, 2016

Conference News

MDS Depression in Parkinson's Strongest Predictor of Anxiety
Medscape Medical News, July 6, 2016
MDS Iron Supplementation May Reduce Tic Severity in Tourette's
Medscape Medical News, July 5, 2016
MDS Patients With Parkinson's Underuse Allied Health Services
Medscape Medical News, July 5, 2016
MDS Placebo Exerts Strong Effects in Restless Legs Trials
Medscape Medical News, July 1, 2016
MDS Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy Reduces Essential Tremor
Medscape Medical News, June 30, 2016

MDS Valbenazine Reduces Tardive Dyskinesia, With Good Tolerability
Medscape Medical News, June 30, 2016
MDS Truncal Vagotomy May Protect Against Parkinson's
Medscape Medical News, June 28, 2016
MDS Continuous L-Dopa Enteric Infusion Relieves RLS Symptoms
Medscape Medical News, June 24, 2016
MDS Probiotic, Prebiotic Relieves Constipation in Parkinson's
Medscape Medical News, June 22, 2016
MDS Nonmotor Parkinson's Symptoms Commonly Unreported
Medscape Medical News, June 21, 2016

Most Popular News from MDS 2015

Antipsychotic Use Increases Mortality in Parkinson's Drugs to treat Parkinson's psychosis conferred excess mortality risk in the first 6 months, a study shows. Atypicals were safer than haloperidol but still conferred 2- to 3-fold excess mortality.
Medscape Medical News, Jun 23, 2015
Gut Denervation Occurs Sequentially in Parkinson’s A study using PET biomarker imaging showed denervation of the small intestine in prodromal PD, followed later by pancreatic denervation, suggesting PET may be a useful biomarker for early disease.
Medscape Medical News, Jun 21, 2015
Deep-Brain Stimulation Relieves Restless Legs Syndrome Deep-brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus to treat Parkinson's disease also relieved symptoms of restless leg syndrome. The effect persisted at 2-year follow-up, a study shows.
Medscape Medical News, Jun 29, 2015

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