Publications by authors named "M G Volonte"
Background: Veterans are disproportionately affected by chronic pain, with high rates of pain diagnoses (47%-56%) and a 40% higher rate of prevalence of severe pain than nonveterans. This is often accompanied by negative functional outcomes and higher mortality. Combined with research suggesting medical treatments for chronic pain are often insufficient, there is an urgent need for nonmedical pain self-management programs.
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- Cryptococcoid Sweet syndrome (cSS) is a newly identified variant of Sweet syndrome (SS) that shares similar skin symptoms but shows unique microscopic features.
- In cSS, fungal tests are negative, but biopsy results usually show positive myeloperoxidase (MPO) staining, indicating its distinct nature.
- The rarity and complexities in diagnosing cSS often lead to poor health outcomes, yet this study presents a case where a patient had a positive recovery.
Family History in Parkinson's Disease: A National Cross-Sectional Study.
Mov Disord Clin Pract
November 2024
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- Family history of Parkinson's disease (PD) was examined in a study involving 2035 PD patients across 28 Italian centers, revealing that 21.9% had a family history of the disease.
- Familial PD (fPD) patients experienced symptoms at an earlier age compared to sporadic PD (sPD) patients, although both groups showed similar prevalence of motor and nonmotor symptoms.
- The findings suggest that fPD occurs more frequently than previously thought, highlighting the need for comprehensive family history taking to uncover potential disease patterns and risk factors.
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- The study looks at bradykinesia, which is when movement becomes slow and small, particularly in people with Parkinson's disease (pwPD) during a hand-tapping task.
- Researchers compared 25 people with Parkinson's to 25 healthy controls using a brain scan and special gloves to measure their hand movements.
- They found that people with Parkinson's had less movement and their brains showed different activity patterns, losing some coordination areas and using more cognitive areas instead, which helps understand how their movement problems happen.