“15 minutes with…”, we talk about Parkinson's between treatment and research

We talk about Parkinson's between treatment and research in the new episode of "15 minutes with...", the in-depth talk on the health of the Cagliari university hospital in collaboration with the Unione Sarda group , which will be broadcast live on Tuesday 22 November at 5 pm on the social networks of the Aou of Cagliari (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Twitter), on the website www.aoucagliari.it, on the Facebook page of the Unione Sarda and on www.unionesarda.it. As always, viewers will be able to ask questions live.

On Wednesday, readers of the Unione Sarda will find in-depth information in the newspaper's “Salute” insert.
Guest of the column, conducted by journalist Fabrizio Meloni, head of Communications and External Relations of the Aou, will be Professor Giovanni Defazio, director of Neurology of the Duilio Casula Polyclinic.
Parkinson's is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's. It occurs when the production of dopamine in the brain drops consistently due to the degeneration of neurons, in an area called "black matter".
This pathology is considered to be the most frequent of the "movement disorders" and in Sardinia it is estimated to affect around 5,000 people . The average age of onset of the disease is around 60 years.
The symptomatology is characterized by the appearance of tremor, slowness of movement, muscle stiffness and alteration of the reflexes that regulate balance. Non-motor disorders such as depression, cognitive impairment, autonomic nervous system dysfunction, and sleep disturbances are also associated.
The talk “15 minutes with…” is edited by Aou Cagliari News, the newspaper of the university hospital. An agile and simple format, it includes 15 minutes of discussions with specialists and the possibility for the public to ask questions live.

(Unioneonline/D)