The HCPLive conference coverage page features articles, videos, and expert-led live coverage from major medical meetings throughout the year.
Antibodies for Parkinson's, Possible Vaccinations, and the Movement Disorder Society
June 7th 2017Anthony Lang, MD, FRCPC, professor and director of the Division of Neurology at the University of Toronto, discusses the potentially comprehensive care of investigational disease modifying treatment PRX002,
"User-friendly" Levodopa, Advancing Treatment, and Teaching Parkinson's Disease
June 6th 2017Norika Malhado-Chang, MD, assistant professor of Neurology at University of California at Davis, discusses how progress in Parkinson's disease and movement disorders is changing the scope of comprehensive care, addressing non-motor symptoms, and supplying tools for the next generation of neurology specialists.
Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Calls for More Solutions
May 31st 2017John Dirk Nieland, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Health Science and Technology at Aalborg University in Denmark, discusses his research team's connection between MS and lipid metabolism, the importance of condition-inflicted models, and the encompassing nature of treating MS.
Myth Busted: Young People Do Get Heart Disease
At AAPA 2017 in Las Vegas, Jennifer Carlquist PA-C, ER, CAQ said that she believed clinicians are trained in medicine to think heart disease is "an old person's disease," so they don't have it on their radar for the young people (teen years through mid-30s).
The Responsibility of Strong MS Treatment and Children Patients
May 27th 2017Brenda Banwell, MD, FAAP, FRCPC, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Neurology Division chief, talks about the cruciality of early diagnosing in pediatric multiple sclerosis patients, and how their best outcome is just being able to live a normal, everyday life.
Degenerative Conditions in Pediatric MS Worsened By Limited Case Studies
May 26th 2017Brenda Banwell, MD, FAAP, FRCPC, chief of Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia's Division of Neurology, speaks on new discoveries of pediatric MS at the annual 2017 Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) in New Orleans.