Parkinson Weekly

About Parkinson Weekly

Parkinson Weekly is your go-to podcast for the latest insights in Parkinson’s disease. Each week, Professor Bas Bloem, Consultant Neurologist in the Department of Neurology at Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, takes you through his chosen “Article of the Week” – highlighting new research, clinical perspectives, and what it means for patients, carers, and healthcare professionals. Have a question you’d like Bas to answer on the podcast? Email us at parkinsonweekly@gmail.com – we’d love to hear from you. Stay informed, stay connected, and join us every week for clear, expert-led discussions on Parkinson’s.

Publisher

Oruen CNS

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Aug 2025

Latest episode

25 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

45 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   25 Sept 2026

   EP 41 - The Parkinson Weekly Helpdesk

   🎙️ In Episode 41 of Parkinson Weekly, Prof. Bas Bloem opens the Helpdesk once again to answer questions submitted by listeners. In this fourth Helpdesk episode, Bas explores three very different but important topics. He begins with women and Parkinson’s, discussing the menstrual cycle, menopause, hormone replacement therapy and pregnancy, and why women with Parkinson’s may require more individualised approaches to care. He then looks at whether infections, stressful events or even mosquito bi...

2. 

   15 Sept 2026

   EP 40 - A Faster Way to Find New Treatments for Parkinson’s?

   In Episode 40 of Parkinson Weekly, Prof. Bas Bloem explores what he describes as one of the most exciting and encouraging developments in Parkinson’s clinical research: multi-arm, multi-stage (MAMS) clinical trial platforms. As our understanding of the biological processes underlying Parkinson’s disease continues to grow, so too does the number of potential treatments that could target these mechanisms and potentially slow disease progression. The challenge is how to test these promising ther...

3. 

   6 Sept 2026

   EP 39 - Can Blue Light Therapy Improve Sleep in Parkinson’s Disease?

   🎙️ We’re back with the 39th episode of Parkinson Weekly, hosted by Prof. Bas Bloem - on this week’s episode, Prof. Bas Bloem explores an intriguing new approach to one of the most common challenges faced by people with Parkinson’s disease: poor sleep. Could something as simple as blue light therapy make a difference? Prof. Bloem discusses a recent placebo-controlled study investigating blue light delivered through specially designed glasses in people with Parkinson’s experiencing sleep proble...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

Contact Parkinson Weekly

Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

Shows with a similar audience

• 

  The Parkinson's Podcast

• 

  Movers and Shakers: a podcast about life with Parkinson's

• 

  The Michael J. Fox Foundation Parkinson's Podcast

• 

  2 Parkies in a Pod: a Parkinson's Podcast

• 

  The Secret Life of Parkinson's

• 

  ill-advised by Bill Nighy