Monday, September 7, 2015

PD Smart Watch and App?

Day 45

Today is the 38th day of taking a full dose of my medication.

 About a year ago, Intel teamed up with the Michael J Fox foundation to produce a PD smart watch and app.  Unfortunately, this seems to have stopped at the pilot study.  This is a shame because the idea seemed to have so much potential.  Imagine being able to see if your arm was swinging more naturally as you increased, added or changed medication. Now imagine what could happen if doctors and patients had access to these changes in others.  We could see, for example, that adding a dopamine antagonist aided 24% of patients in improving their gate or the natural swing of their arm(s).

There is some indication  that exercise slows the progression of Parkinson's disease. With this in mind, you would think that there was money in Apple or Fitbit developing a product for Parkinson's that would be paid for through patient's insurance.

I get cold easily and lately, it seems to be getting worse. There is some indication that people with  Parkinson's disease  often feel too hot to cold.  If you hear or read anything about this as a symptom, please let me know.

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