Tyler’s Hope and the University of Florida Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration brought together dystonia, Parkinson, and movement disorders patients in the Season of Hope Run. Together over two years, 100,000 has been raised and will be used to address the critical shortage in clinician-scientists in the field. The…
What is the best test for my doctor to order to diagnose Parkinson’s disease? There is no reliable blood test to diagnose Parkinson’s disease. The best way to make a diagnosis is to have a neurological examination by someone experienced in the care of Parkinson’s disease patients. There are diagnostic…
6 Things Every Family and Sufferer Need to Know about PSP How do I know if I have PSP and not just Parkinson disease or “Parkinsonism?” Parkinsonism actually is not a diagnosis, but rather what we doctors use to describe the classic symptoms of Parkinson disease. These include 1)…
The UF Movement Disorders Center and Tyler’s Hope for a Dystonia Cure are grateful for the support of corporate and private sponsors of our first annual Season of Hope Run, held on December 11th, 2010! Raising money for research in the midst of a holiday season is never easy, but…
A short film “I Just Wanna Dance” by film student Jim Harry documents the story of a woman who started getting Parkinson Disease symptoms at the age of 34. She has founded an NPF support group chapter and she wrote a book that helps…
Timing results are in! Thanks to everyone who ran, walked and joined us at Hawthorne Trail on December 11th (300 runners and a bunch of volunteers) Timing Results Drs. Okun & Malaty Start!…
Drs. Oyama and Okun from the University of Florida wrote a blog post on the National Parkinson Foundation website about two recent articles which point out to physicians the problems that Parkinson patients may have when they come in for a hospitalization and during their treatment. One…
The date and location have been finalized. Our 8th Annual PD Symposium will be April 24, 2010 at Abiding Savior Lutheran Church’s Fellowship Hall, located at 9700 West Newberry Road here in Gainesville, FL. This is just west of SW 91st Street on Newberry Road. Google map: View Larger…
Our campus newspaper, The Alligator, visited our “Art for Life” program last week and wrote a brief article about how our Parkinson patients meet and make art that is both meaningful and motivational. Katherine Castle, an Art for Life volunteer who also has Parkinson’s disease, said she doesn’t want…
Abstract (paper published in International Journal of Neuroscience): Int J Neurosci. 2009;119(12):2196-205. Quetiapine improves visual hallucinations in Parkinson disease but not through normalization of sleep architecture: results from a double-blind clinical-polysomnography study. Fernandez HH, Okun MS, Rodriguez RL, Malaty IA, Romrell J, Sun A, Wu SS, Pillarisetty S, Nyathappa A,…
