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Dr Tabish Saifee
Queen Square Private Healthcare
How does the future look for our understanding of Parkinson’s Disease?
There is great strides being made in the development of treatments for Parkinson’s disease. Scientific understanding of the disease is improving and the future looks promising for neuroprotective treatments which can act as a preventative treatments says Dr Tabish Saifee, a Consultant Neurologist Queen Square.
Transcript
I think we're making really great steps in terms of the improvement of the treatment of Parkinson's Disease. We're seeing really great steps being made in terms of the symptomatic treatment of Parkinson's Disease. We're able to provide what we call advanced therapies. For example, deep brain stimulation or apomorphine infusions or duodopa to those patients that need them. We're starting to make strides in understanding the condition and what causes the condition and maybe looking toward the future in terms of newer treatments that may even be neuroprotective or reduce the chance of Parkinson's progressing.
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