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September 25-26, 2017 Chicago, USA
3
rd
International Conference on
Parkinson’s disease and Movement Disorders
Volume 7, Issue 5 (Suppl)
J Alzheimers Dis Parkinsonism, an open access journal
ISSN: 2161-0460
Parkinson 2017
September 25-26, 2017
J Alzheimers Dis Parkinsonism 2017, 7:5 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2161-0460-C1-031
Parkinson’s disease – Lessons from the grave
David P Ponsonby
Parker University, USA
S
ince the 1990s medical research has been focused on large scale drug trials. Individual case histories have, largely, been
ignored. It is always difficult to have a precise individual prognosis for people with Parkinson’s (PWPs) as it is such a
heterogenous disorder. However, a retrospective provides a blow by blow history of exactly how each case played out. It
isn’t perfect because we don’t have the holy grail setting the successful protocol out for everyone to follow. This Poster is a
preliminary attempt to gather such information with a magnificent seven cases who came together on their Parkinson journey
via the ask the doctor forum when it was in the capable hands of Dr. Abraham Lieberman, of the Muhammed Ali Parkinson
Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Giving the limited space available in a poster, the focus will be on the most important lesson
from each case, especially if repeated in more than one of this small sample. Such Case Histories could be gathered from many
surviving caregivers, although the process of grief and other recovery processes can be excruciatingly painful. Caregivers have
only recently been given credit for their role and may still be overlooked for the valuable repository of real life information
they represent.
Dponsonby1@aol.com