Parkinson's Disease is synonomyous with aging--most patients in 70s, 80s, 90s Yet RCT of a new treatment for PD has an age cutoff of 75. Seriously? How did this get through IRB? Time to put a stop to Ageism in medical research nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
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@geri_doc The intervention describes the treatment's application for EARLY PD. Might this be why 75 was the cutoff age? How common is it for PD to begin after age 75?
@geri_doc @UCSFGeriatrics Worse yet, the average age of those using it will be 70-80!!!!
@geri_doc Great information. Thank you for bringing this to light.
@geri_doc This is awful and needs to stop.