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Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month (April) A NEW WAY TO HELP MAKE DAYS WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE MORE PREDICTABLE

Austin Tang — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:03:08 +0000

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Parkinson’s disease is the most common movement disorder, affecting nearly one million Americans. Symptoms such as tremors, muscle rigidity, and difficulty with movement and balance often worsen over time and can significantly compromise a person’s everyday activities.

Medication can help manage symptoms, but treatment benefits often diminish or become less consistent over time. Patients report alternating states between “ON time,” when the medication is working well, and “OFF time,” when it no longer provides symptom benefit and movement-related symptoms return.

These on-again, off-again changes are disruptive and unpredictable – but a new treatment may help.

The FDA recently approved a treatment that offers a new approach to treating these motor fluctuations – without the need to resort to invasive surgery.

On Wednesday, April 23^rd, during Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month, we are pleased to offer the opportunity to hear from expert Dr. Stuart Isaacson, Director of the Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center. He can discuss the current treatment landscape, the importance of managing OFF episodes and the potential impact of this new treatment.

This interview is sponsored by Supernus.

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BLADDER CANCER IS THE SIXTH MOST COMMON CANCER IN THIS COUNTRY?

Austin Tang — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 17:29:18 +0000

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DID YOU KNOW THAT BLADDER CANCER IS THE SIXTH MOST COMMON CANCER IN THIS COUNTRY? MOST BLADDER CANCER DIAGNOSES – ABOUT 75% – ARE N-M-I-B-C, WHICH STANDS FOR. NON-MUSCLE INVASIVE BLADDER CANCER.
NOT EVERYONE RESPONDS TO THE STANDARD TYPE OF TREATMENT FOR NMIBC, WHICH MAY LEAD DOCTORS TO RECOMMEND SURGERY TO REMOVE THE BLADDER.
A DIFFERENT TREATMENT APPROACH MAY OFFER PEOPLE WITH THIS TYPE OF BLADDER CANCER MORE TIME BEFORE HAVING TO CONSIDER THIS RADICAL TYPE OF SURGERY…
DR. LARRY KARSH (CAR-SH), ALONG WITH PATIENT MIKE, JOIN US NOW WITH MORE.

BIO:
Dr. Karsh earned his MD from The Chicago Medical School. He completed his General Surgical training at The University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and his Urology Residency at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Karsh was a co-founder of The Urology Center of Colorado which was recently acquired by Advent Health Urology Denver where he serves as an attending Urologist and Director of Research. He is a certified principal investigator with an experience of more than 275 clinical trials. Dr. Karsh has authored a number of peer-reviewed publications and serves on the editorial boards for “Bladder Cancer.” He is an active member of the AUA, , ASCO, BCAN, SUO,SWOG and the Denver Academy of Surgeons. Dr. Karsh served on the board of SUO from 2010-2020 and served on the bladder cancer subcommittee during that time.

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Website for more information: ADSTILADRIN

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Must Reads: Jacques Pépin’s lessons in life and omelets

Austin Tang — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 18:57:04 +0000

Compelling, ambitious stories you don’t want to miss.

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What Jacques Pépin taught me about omelets and life

Standing in his kitchen, beneath the fish- and asparagus-themed tiles that he painted, near the cookbooks that he wrote, under the watchful eye of the French poodle he adores, Jacques Pépin is making yet another omelet, not unlike the kind he used to prepare at the Hôtel Plaza Athénée in Paris 70 years ago.

Pépin’s hands, his skin thinning and his knuckles pronounced, dance with a dexterity that belies his 89 years. His body moves in disquieting harmony as his left hand shakes the pan back and forth while his right stirs the eggs into ever-smaller curds, making sure the mixture never sits too long over the high heat lest it take on a brownish hue that separates the rookie French omelet maker from the professional. His motions have a practiced fluidity, a kind that marks all masters of a craft, whose skills can be summoned from memories buried deep in bone, sinew and muscle.

It’s impossible to calculate how many classic French omelets Pépin has prepared since dedicating himself to the art and technique of the dish. Or how many millions of omelets have been prepared by ordinary home cooks who have watched Pépin, via online videos, transform cracked eggs into velvety cylinders that almost quiver at the touch.

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AN OFTEN INVISIBLE BUT DEBILITATING SYMPTOM OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

Austin Tang — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 15:57:18 +0000

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Hear from Azure Antoinette, the “Maya Angelou of the Millennial Generation,” …
On Living Well with MS for Black Americans. https://www.moretoms.com/

Azure Antoinette is a commissioned poet, entrepreneur and arts education advocate. She has been living with multiple sclerosis (MS) for over a decade. Azure will be joined by Board-Certified Neurologist and world-renowned MS Specialist Dr. Mitzi Joi Williams, who is an advocate for living well with MS, especially for Black Americans, who may be more at risk for MS than previously thought.

Azure was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) at age 28. In her early twenties, she began having spasms, tingling in her hands and feet, and had trouble walking. She felt so tired that it was difficult to stay awake, to watch a movie or drive a car, even after sleeping for 16 hours some nights.

The fatigue experienced by MS patients is much different from an everyday tired feeling, and it can come on with no warning. Managing MS fatigue is an ongoing challenge because it isn’t a one-size-fits-all symptom.

Just ask Dr. Williams, who partners with patients to create personalized treatment plans for their distinctive MS experiences, including:
 Feeling excessively tired or weary
 Having trouble with memory or mental focus
 Experiencing muscle weakness or trouble with coordination

In a public service announcement (PSA) launching in February, Azure encourages Black Americans living with MS to pay attention to their symptoms and advocate for their health. She also shares her first-hand experience as a Black woman living well with MS in a documentary alongside Dr. Williams, who explains what symptoms to watch out for and advice on staying active while managing often overwhelming MS symptoms.

MS is an autoimmune disease where the body attacks itself, making it difficult for the brain to communicate with the rest of the body.2 Approximately one million adults live with MS in the U.S., a majority of whom are diagnosed with RRMS. Women are three times more likely than men to develop RRMS, and Black Americans have an increased risk of developing progressive symptoms.2

Azure and Dr. Williams discuss the upcoming PSA and documentary launch – in time for Black History Month in February and MS Awareness Month in March – and More to MS, an educational resource to help patients and their caregivers learn more about and better manage MS symptoms like fatigue.

Interview courtesy: Janssen

References
1 The National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Fatigue. https://www.nationalmssociety.org/Symptoms-Diagnosis/MS-Symptoms/Fatigue. Accessed January 2021.
2 Multiple Sclerosis Association of America. Who Gets Multiple Sclerosis. https://mymsaa.org/ms-information/overview/who-gets-ms/. Accessed December 2020.

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Celebrating Hope: One Patient’s Journey with a Rare, Debilitating Disease

Austin Tang — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 21:27:49 +0000

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Until December 2016, there were no treatment options available for the nearly 9,000 individuals in the United States living with a rare disease called spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Individuals with SMA often experienced symptoms related to the deteriorating effects of the condition, which may include the gradual onset of muscle weakness that can lead to the inability to stand or walk independently.
With scientific and treatment advances, patients of all ages have now been given hope. While commonly thought of as a pediatric disease, today 65% of individuals living with SMA are adults. One adult living with SMA is 28-year-old Kailey McCallister.
Despite being diagnosed with SMA at an early age, Kailey refused to allow the disease to keep her from having a positive outlook on her life and is eager to share her story. Kailey is joined by Dr. Margaret Frey, a neurologist specializing in SMA at Memorial Healthcare in Michigan, discusses the medical advances and initiatives that have helped the community fight back against this progressive disease
Interview is courtesy: Biogen

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Four Simple Steps to Vibrant Health

editor — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The four vital steps to better health are:

1. Balancing the water and salt content of the body.

2. Exercising the muscle mass of the body to enhance the efficiency of the brain function.

3. Avoiding beverages that dehydrate and make the body more toxic.

4. Eating a balanced daily diet of proteins and vegetables in ratio of 20% protein and 80% vegetables, legumes and fruits, with as little starch and sugar as possible.

It is the high starch and sugar content of the diet that makes a person fat. Higher protein and fat contents of the diet does not make you fat!

” If you stick to these recommendations, I am confident that you will seldom fall ill and will live a long and productive life. I do hope you will share the information in this book with others who might need it”

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