Quo vadis dPV?
Quo Vadis dPV?
My very personal story
In 2019 I was surprised by the diagnosis of Parkinson's and anyone who has had this experience knows the feeling of helplessness, panic and uncertainty.
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With the Parkinson Association eV a heavyweight player is emerging in the field of Parkinson's self-help
The increased risk of melanoma in Parkinson's patients has been documented in numerous scientific studies. A first comprehensive meta-analysis was published by Liu and colleagues in the journal Neurology in 2011 and found that people with Parkinson's had more than double the risk of being diagnosed with melanoma. An important study on this topic was also published in 2010 by John Bertoni and colleagues in the Archives of Neurology (later renamed JAMA Neurology). The Bertoni study used data from the North American Parkinson's and Melanoma Survey Group and found that the incidence of malignant melanoma was 2,24 times higher in the Parkinson's cohort compared to the general population.
Parkinson's research needs private donations
Japanese scientists have developed a new blood test that can detect Parkinson's with high accuracy.
The test works by detecting a specific protein called α-synuclein that is misfolded in these diseases.
Previous tests could also detect this protein, but they required an invasive method that involved taking a sample from the spinal cord (cerebrospinal fluid). This new test can detect the protein directly in the blood, making it much easier and less invasive.