“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” Marcus Aurelius
“Medical science has proven time and again that when the resources are provided, great progress in the treatment, cure, and prevention of disease can occur.” Michael J. Fox
I am pleased to call your attention to this article:
Church, Frank C., Jill C. Rau, and Stefania Brotini. 2026. “Parkinson’s Disease: Pathophysiology, Treatment Strategies, Wellness Approaches, and Obstacles/Paths Forward” NeuroSci 7, no. 4: 93. https://doi.org/10.3390/neurosci7040093
The idea to write yet another review about Parkinson’s was born a year ago. I started with “what” I wanted to do and the “type” of information to include in this article.
I recruited two Neurologists to help achieve the overall goal. I have known Dr. Jill Rau for many years. She was a graduate student in my lab group, received her PhD, finished medical school to obtain her MD, completed training in Neurology, and now does research and treats patients as a Neurologist in Scottsdale, AZ. Jill has always given me her honest opinion, and I definitely used her contributions to finish this work. Dr. Stefania Brotini is a Movement Disorder Specialist and works with Parkinson’s patients in Italy. Although I have never met Dr. Brotini, her enthusiasm and willingness to work with this idea were instrumental in getting the paper published.
The paper was published in the “Open Access” format; therefore, you can access, download, and print it for free. All you have to do to access it is go here:
https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4087/7/4/93
This review article is not short; it is 44 pages long, and it also includes a Supplemental file with 5 Tables (12 pages).
I published my first paper 46 years ago (I was 26), and it was about purifying an enzyme from a yeast species. It was from my M.S. work, but I was already 2 years into my PhD work. Papers from my academic career were guideposts to note events in my science over those years.
I now have 10 peer-reviewed publications on Parkinson’s since 2020, which makes me very proud. As a scientist with Parkinson’s, my approach to writing these papers may have been different from most. What matters to me is that someone found something valuable in the material. I have learned a lot about Parkinson’s writing these papers, and putting these thoughts, comments, and descriptions into the Parkinson’s literature has been a lot of fun.
To see the list of these Parkinson’s papers: click here.
My future writing goals include continuing the blog “Journey with Parkinson’s.” The blog still matters to me. But something new is in the works; stay tuned for details.
Thank you for reading this blog. You still matter a lot, too.
“The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as an Egyptian king wrote over his library,’The medicines of the soul.” Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
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