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Parkinson's and a labrador
Posted: July 16th, 2020, 10:35 am
by oldapple
I'm a bit of a sucker for a good news story (also for dogs) and this one gives hope of an improved quality of life for anyone affected by this condition.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0715/11534 ... s-patient/
Re: Parkinson's and a labrador
Posted: July 16th, 2020, 11:58 am
by feder1
Sorry if you consider this a little bit off topic.
We are watching an amazing film “Awakenings” with Robin Williams based on a true story by Oliver Sacks who was a doctor in New York who discovered the beneficial effects of L-dopa on catatonic patients in 1969. L- dopa is a Parkinsons drug.
These patients had gone down with encephalitis lerthargica at the same time as the Spanish Flu. Some patients were catatonic for decades. When given doses of L-dopa the patients recovered to a remarkable extent. Wikipaedia gives a writeup of this film.
All very odd. Is there any similarity with the current virus here?