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Deep brain stimulation has Brian Smuda back on the slopes - and he couldn't be happier.
Dr. Maria Moro and Dr. Duarte Machado from the Chase Family Movement Disorders Center talk about "Walk of the Week," part of the One Billion Steps Challenge by the American Parkinson's Disease Association, CT Chapter.
If it has to do with the brain - rom movement disorders to treatments for stroke and headache - the Hartford HealthCare Ayer Neuroscience Institute can help.
It was the first ever "Stars Dancing for Parkinson's" event as volunteers from all over the community and local media came together to raise money for Parkinson's research and awareness.
Add Parkinson’s disease to the list of health conditions that increase a person’s risk of hospitalization after contracting COVID-19, according [...]
As the expansion of the Hartford HealthCare Chase Family Movement Disorders Center continues, the team welcomes two movement disorders doctors who [...]
When University of California-San Diego (UCSD) scientists transformed brain cells into functioning neurons that restored dopamine, eliminating Parkinson’s disease motor symptoms in test mice, humans watched with anticipation. The research, “Reversing a model of Parkinson’s disease with in situ converted nigral neurons,” was published this summer in the journal Nature. [...]
By Amanda Brill Licensed Clinical Social Worker Hartford HealthCare Chase Family Movement Disorders Center It’s entirely reasonable during a pandemic to feel more stressed, anxious, lonely and depressed than usual. Yet, despite the circumstances, some people seemed to be doing OK. Researchers wanted to know what they were or were [...]
As the COVID-19 pandemic caused most people to self-isolate in their homes, it became important to healthcare providers to reach their patients in new and creative ways. Dr. Su Kanchana, a board-certified movement disorders neurologist who joined the Chase Family Movement Disorders Center in Vernon in late winter, had just [...]
Two new offices of Chase Family Movement Disorders Center will open shortly, helping Hartford HealthCare bring services closer to your home. Planned for an August opening, the new Fairfield County office will be temporarily located at 623 Newfield Ave., Stamford. There, Dr. Leon Meytin, a movement disorders neurologist, will see patients. [...]
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