MDS PODCAST: Defining Parkinson’s disease

Stay up to date on novel, clinically-relevant research findings in Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders.

Stay up to date on novel, clinically-relevant research findings in Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders.


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MDS Podcast Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson, beyond motor improvement: Social and occupational outcomes

In this interview, Prof. Günther Deuschl highlights the main results of the EARLYSTIM project, focusing on non-motor outcomes, and especially on the effects of DBS on Social and Occupational...

MDS Podcast Interview with Dr. Jon Stoessl on Preprints in the COVID-Era

Preprint articles of scientific results have been thrust into the spotlight due to the desire for rapid results pertaining to COVID-19. Here, we dive into the trend with Movement...

MDS Podcast Late-stage Parkinsonism: Do we know enough?

Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Dr. Anette Schrag about the recently published article on late-stage parkinsonism and related neuropsychiatric complications. Why is it important? And are we doing enough to...

MDS Podcast Practicing medicine in time of pandemic and future of Movement Disorders medical practice

Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Prof. Roy Alcalay on the effects that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the clinical activity and how it is changing the way we see...

MDS Podcast Interview with the president on the MDS activities during the COVID crisis

In this interview the president of the MDS, Prof. Claudia Trenkwalder shares the main changes and strategies that the MDS is implementing to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic, including...

MDS Podcast How to manage Parkinson’s disease and related disorders, and is there a link between COVID and PD?

Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Prof. Angelo Antonini on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders patients and how to manage them. And also,...

MDS Podcast Antibiotics and Parkinson’s disease

In this issue Dr. Filip Sheperjans shares the results of the article published in the March 2020 issue of the Movement Disorders journal on the effect of antibiotic exposure...

MDS Podcast Integrated therapy for functional movement disorders

Dr. Sara Schaefer discusses with Dr. Sarah Lidstone her recent paper in Movement Disorders Clinical Practice about a novel, multidisciplinary therapeutic intervention for functional movement disorders patients. Read the...

MDS Podcast Fine tuning DBS in Parkinson’s disease. How much can we improve?

Dr. Viswas Dayal discusses with Dr. Michele Matarazzo how adjusting the pulse width of deep brain stimulation could impact Parkinson’s disease, highlighting the results of the paper he recently...