Revolutionary New Treatment For Parkinson's

Looks interesting:

news.sky.com/home/uk-news/a...

[ElaineMay]

Thank you for pointing this news item out to us all. Hopefully it will be certified soon and many more PWPs will be able to be treated.

[redbudlady]

Thanks so much for providing this information. I had a mini-stroke (tia) with no symptoms). I've been told that I'm not a candidate for DBS. This new treatment will be a great alternative when available for PWP that can’t or don’t wish to have DBS.

[Carrigan]

Looks good thanks for info, hopefully we well here more in the not too far future.

[mitchdee]

i read this too friends txt me this morning all excited and full of hope. i realy hope this works, im new to pd and just this week had a panic reading some stories in the papers as parkinsons awareness week is 16th.. my symptoms are very mild and i think im kinda kidding myself that i will get no worse. i will do anything i need too,

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Mitchdee I found exercise and eating healthy really helped me.

Also, realize that you need to communicate with your drs. because no two people seem to need the same meds or the same amounts. It is kind of trial and error.

[wifeofparky]

Very interesting. We have an appt coming up. I'm taking this with us.

[honeycombe3]

I hope I'm not breaking any protocols here but I missed the programme as we don't have Sky so I looked at the podcast. It was excellent BUT the accompanying comments caused me concern so I posted the following which I think speaks for itself:

Posted by: honeycombe3 on April 13, 2012 12:38 PM

As a Person with Parkinson’s (PwP) diagnosed for 8 years & new to this site I find the variety of responses bemusing. Some seem to use this potentially major advance as a stick with which to beat what they see as ‘the establishment’ or to flog their own particular hobbyhorse(s). How very sad. I am a volunteer in the current Transeuro stem cell transplant trial which appears to be following up the trial in this report. It is traumatic undertaking a clinical trial (my 2nd) especially as in this case those of us lucky enough to get that far will be undergoing surgery. Of the 20 volunteers who undergo surgery only 10 will receive the stem cells: the other 10 will be the control. No one will know whether or not they have had the transplant for some time after surgery. On a bad day I am petrified. Perhaps the harbingers of doom & floggers of the system might pause & spare a thought of us at the ‘cutting edge’.