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Feb 11, 2018

Show Topic: Parkinson’s Disease – Know the Signs

Co-Hosts:  Judy Gaman, Mark Anderson, Walter Gaman

 

Segment 1

Intro

Discussion 4.5 min.      

Today’s show is on Parkinson’s Disease.

Stats:

  1. Parkinson’s affects up to 1 million people in the U.S.
  2. Doctors diagnose as many as 60,000 new cases each year
  3. Parkinson’s strikes 50 percent more men than women

 (Connect) Judy had a grandmother with Parkinson’s. Docs share any personal experiences in their families or friends.

 (Inspire)  Great information out there National Parkinson’s Foundation, Parkinson’s.org or free helpline 1.800.473-4636

MUSIC FOR DOC SHOCK

New study out of Yale School of Public Health shows that people who have a negative outlook on getting older actually have a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s Disease. Researchers looked at healthy, dementia-free subjects from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. They used MRIs to look at the hippocampus in the brain. This is what controls memory. If the hippocampus is smaller it can mean that the patient will develop or has Alzheimer’s. In the study, patients who were negative about aging had a decline in the hippocampus. As part of the study, researchers also looked at brains through autopsies looking for amyloid plaques and tangles, two things commonly found in Alzheimer’s patients. One could think that perhaps the smaller hippocampus was the cause of the negative thinking, but the attitudes on aging were measured on average of 28 years earlier. Keep in mind that the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging is the nation’s longest-running scientific study when it comes to aging, so we are now able to gather incredible data from the participants.

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Segment 2

 

Intro 

About tease – Coming up – we are going to have an in-depth discussion on Parkinson’s – What is it, the symptoms, and the risks of developing it.

 

ANDERSON - Immortal minute – 2 min.

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Today’s show is all about Parkinsons.

Discuss

 

Define: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative brain disorder that progresses slowly in most people. What happens is a person's brain slowly stops producing a neurotransmitter called dopamine. Causing a person to have less and less ability to regulate their movements, body and emotions.

 

Parkinson's disease itself is not fatal. Most people's symptoms take years to develop, and they live for years with the disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) rated complications from PD as the 14th top cause of death in the United States.

 

  1. The average age of onset is 60
  2. Early onset PD, beginning before age 50. accounts for 5-10 percent of cases
  3. 15-25 percent of people with Parkinson’s have a relative with the disease
  4. Risk for people related to someone with Parkinson’s increases 2-5 percent
  5. Symptoms of Parkinson’s may progress over a period longer than 20 years

 

Things to watch for:

  • Trouble sleeping
  • Tremor
  • Your handwriting is getting smaller or your letters are all suddenly getting closer together
  • Loss of smell particularly foods like bananas, dill pickles or licorice
  • Trouble walking or feeling like your feet are stuck to the floor. Also, lack of swinging arms when you walk – they appear stiff to the side
  • Speaking in a quiet voice – different from before
  • Constipation
  • Masked face – always looking serious. Are people asking you if you are mad or sad even when you aren’t?

 

 

Tease 20 sec. - SHOUT OUT TO MILITARY

 

 

Segment 3

Intro

Judy – Tease the upcoming Dementia Defender 844-WELL100

 

We are talking all hour about Parkinson’s Disease.

 

Discuss

 

  1. Increased exercise will help delay symptoms
  2. Eat a diet low in fat, salt and sugar. Focus on fresh fruits and raw vegetables – the deeper the color the better
  3. Increase and improve sleep quality
  4. Avoid alcohol

Research and medication options:

  • Latest research this year has been focused on stem cell therapy and early detection through genetic testing
  • Carbidopa-levodopa.Levodopa, the most effective Parkinson's disease medication, is a natural chemical that passes into your brain and is converted to dopamine.  Levodopa is combined with carbidopa (Rytary, Sinemet), which protects levodopa from premature conversion to dopamine outside your brain, which prevents or lessens side effects such as nausea.
  • Deep brain stimulation. In deep brain stimulation (DBS), surgeons implant electrodes into a specific part of your brain. The electrodes are connected to a generator implanted in your chest near your collarbone that sends electrical pulses to your brain and may reduce your Parkinson's disease symptoms

 

Judy tease DD – grab a pen!  844-well100.

Coming up Medical Mania Trivia and then at the end of the show -  Dementia Defender Riddle of the day – your chance to win a free copy of the book Age to Perfection. Follow us on Twitter @StayYoungMedia

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Segment 4

 

Intro

 

Judy Announcement  tease DD 844-Well100 – 30 sec.

 

MEDICAL TRIVIA  - Jamie

  1. True or false. Half your genetic make up is devoted to the complexity of your brain. (True. The other half is for the other 98% of your make up!)
  2. Human fat cells live on average: 6 weeks, 6 months, 10 years (Ten years)
  3. Will shaving your hair make it come back faster? (No. No scientific evidence)
  4. What does your body produce that if put on your skin could burn a hole through it? (Stomach acid)
  5. Can a person live if they are born with their organs reversed or “mirrored” (Yes – one in every 10,000 people are born that way)

DEMENTIA DEFENDER

  1. What has a single eye but cannot see?

End Show

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