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Pregnancy and Parkinson’s disease: Navigating care before, during, and after Jan 26, 2026

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In this episode, Dr. Alexander Lehn explores the clinical management of Parkinson’s disease across the reproductive journey; before conception, during pregnancy, and in the postpartum period. He shares the current evidence, practical challenges, medication safety considerations, and multidisciplinary decision-making. The conversation highlights gaps in data, real-world clinical strategies, and key counseling points to support optimal outcomes for both the parent and child. Read the article.

Past, present, future: An interview with MDS President • 2024 MDS Congress Oct 07, 2024

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Dr. Victor Fung sat down with Dr. Michele Matarazzo at the #mdscongress to reflect on the advice from his predecessors and how that is helping him achieve his goals as MDS President.

Perry Disease Aug 04, 2023

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Dr. Wszolek shares with Dr. Schaefer his extensive knowledge about the clinical, genetic, and pathological findings in Perry disease, a rare and likely underdiagnosed parkinsonian condition. Read the article.

Pleiotropy in Parkinson´s disease and Cancer: Is there an association between these entities? Jul 24, 2023

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In this episode, Dr. Pierre-Emmanuel Sugier discusses the epidemiological associations between PD and cancers. While investigating several European GWAS databases, his group raised the conundrum whether cancer and Parkinson's disease share common risk factors. Read the article.

Pathological Validation of 2022 MSA Criteria Apr 10, 2023

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Sara Schaefer discusses with Dr. Eduardo de Pablo-Fernandez his recent paper in Movement Disorders providing retrospective pathological validation of the 2022 MDS MSA Criteria using specimens from the Queens Square Brain Bank. Read the article.

Peer review: Past, present and future Jul 25, 2022

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In the last episode focused on peer reviews, Dr. Michael Okun discusses historical perspectives and future directions of the peer review process.

Pesticide exposure and dream-enacting behavior Jun 06, 2022

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Dr. Hugo Morales interviews Dr. Chen Honglei about his most recent paper "High Pesticide Exposure Events and Dream-Enacting Behaviors Among US Farmers" published in the Movement Disorders journal. Read the article.Journal CME will be available for this article until May 20, 2023.

Perampanel may reduce alpha-synuclein transmission in Parkinson's disease. A possible therapeutic target? Oct 18, 2021

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Dr. Michele Matarazzo speaks with Prof. Ryosuke Takahashi about the results of his recent study that shows how this anti-epileptic drug may inhibit the transmission of alpha synuclein in PD. While this was tested in animal models, future clinical trials are warranted to test the effects on PD progression. Read the article

Practicing medicine in time of pandemic and future of Movement Disorders medical practice May 26, 2020

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Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Prof. Roy Alcalay on the effects that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the clinical activity and how it is changing the way we see patients. Will telemedicine be an integrating part of our clinical practice?

Patient vs. care partner assessment of cognitive disability in Parkinson's: Who's more accurate? Jun 28, 2019

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Benjamin Deck discusses with Dr. Schaefer the article he recently published in the Movement Disorders Clinical Practice on the patient vs. care partner assessment of cognition in Parkinson's disease. Read the article

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