Podcast: MDS PODCAST: Defining Parkinson's disease

MDS Podcast Award Article: A Multi-Step Model of Parkinson’s Disease Pathogenesis

«A Multi-Step Model of Parkinson’s Disease Pathogenesis» was awarded «Best Research Article of the Movement Disorders journal for 2022.» Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews the first author, Dr. Campbell Le Heron. Read the article

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MDS Podcast Award Replay: MDS Criteria for the diagnosis of Multiple System Atrophy: New features and implications

A re-release of the episode featuring the recently-awarded «Best Review article of 2022 from the Movement Disorders journal» article, titled «The Movement Disorder Society Criteria for the Diagnosis of Multiple System Atrophy.» Read the article.

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MDS Podcast Parkinson’s disease and type 2 diabetes: Clinical impact and therapeutic implications

Dr. Eduardo de Pablo-Fernández speaks with Dr. Dilan Athauda about his recent paper, «The impact of type 2 diabetes in Parkinson’s disease» recently published in Movement Disorders. They discuss the clinical impact of type 2 diabetes in the phenotype and disease progression and the therapeutic implications of this association. Read the article.

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MDS Podcast Implanted system for orthostatic hypotension in multiple-system atrophy

Dr. Sara Schaefer speaks with Drs. Gregoire Courtine and Jocelyne Bloch about the use of an implanted spinal cord stimulator for the treatment of orthostatic hypotension in multiple-system atrophy. Read the article.

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MDS Podcast Measuring gait through brain metabolism in Parkinson’s disease: How it can help understanding and treating gait disorders

Dr. Hilmar Sigurdsson shares the results of an FDG PET study that found 2 distinct patterns of brain metabolism related to gait disfunction in PD, suggesting that this objective measure could help better understand the neural basis of gait disorders and could also be used to predict gait involvement in clinical practice and as outcome…

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MDS Podcast Peer review: Past, present and future

In the last episode focused on peer reviews, Dr. Michael Okun discusses historical perspectives and future directions of the peer review process.

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MDS Podcast MDS Criteria for the diagnosis of Multiple System Atrophy: New features and implications

Dr. Eduardo de Pablo-Fernández interviews Dr. Iva Stankovic and Prof. Gregor Wenning on the newly published MDS Criteria for the Diagnosis of Multiple System Atrophy. Read the article. Journal CME will be available for this article until June 17, 2023.

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MDS Podcast Parkinson’s disease medications during hospitalization

Dr. Sara Schaefer and Dr. Georgia Richard discuss the breakdown in medication prescribing and administration in hospitalized Parkinson’s patients, and potential strategies for improvement. Read the article.

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MDS Podcast How not to conduct a peer review: Fatal, avoidable errors.

In this episode of the special series focused on the peer review process, Dr. Shweta Prasad speaks with Prof. Jose Obeso to discuss some points on how NOT to conduct a peer review.

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MDS Podcast Update from the Synuclein Meeting 2022

In this episode we interviewed Prof. Veerle Baekelandt from KU Leuven, Belgium, who was the main organizer of the Synuclein Meeting 2022. We discussed the major highlights of the meeting, what to expect in the coming years, and what are the major questions still to be addressed.

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