"Tracking Parkinson’s Disease (PD) symptoms, medications, and menstruation"
We are delighted to announce our pilot study "Tracking Parkinson’s Disease (PD) symptoms, medications, and menstruation" in collaboration with researchers from the Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, School of Medicine at the University College Cork, Ireland.
The research will be the first in the world to track how #hormonal changes in women with Parkinson’s impacts their symptoms. It is hoped that their findings will aid patient-specific treatment and management of hashtag
#Parkinson’s disease.
The study with UCC is so important for hashtag
#womenwithParkinson’s as it will be the first prospective study of its kind to track the impact of the #menstrualcycle on #Parkinson’s symptoms. There are no clinical guidelines for the management of symptoms worsening in relation to hormonal changes in women.
Professor Aideen Sullivan, Head of Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience and lead researcher on the study said:
“There is increasing global awareness of the unmet need for patient-specific treatment and management of Parkinson’s disease. This is particularly important for women with Parkinson’s, who have unique needs. Women may experience Parkinson’s symptoms differently at distinct stages of their monthly menstrual cycle, and of their reproductive lifecycle. "
Co-lead on the study, Dr Lucy Collins Stack, said:
“The knowledge gained from this study will further the advancement of gender specific treatment for women during the peri-menstrual period.”
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