Feb 7, 2025 | General Interest, Living with PD
Shared from myparkinsonsteam.com. The cause of most cases of Parkinson’s disease is unknown. Although researchers have established that both hereditary and environmental factors influence a person’s risk of developing Parkinson’s, for the most part, they don’t...
Jan 31, 2025 | Living with PD
Shared from parkinson.org. While no two people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) experience the same symptoms or rate of progression, there are several chronic conditions they are at greater risk of developing. However, the changes associated with chronic conditions tend...
Jan 31, 2025 | Living with PD, Research
Shared from parkinson.org. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder where dopamine-producing cells in the brain slowly break down over time. This loss of dopamine leads to a variety of movement symptoms, including tremors, stiffness, slow...
Jan 31, 2025 | Living with PD
Shared from michaeljfox.org. Movement disorder specialist, lifestyle medicine physician and MJFF Principal Medical Advisor Rachel Dolhun, MD, DipABLM, answers community questions on Parkinson’s and exercise with physical therapist and rehab scientist Cristina...
Jan 31, 2025 | Living with PD
Shared from myparkinsonsteam.com. What is real, and how can you be sure? For someone living with Parkinson’s, it can be difficult to know at times. “In my peripheral vision, I see cats curled up and sleeping all around the house,” shared one member of...
Jan 23, 2025 | Living with PD
Shared from medscape.com. Interest is growing in the role of nutrition as means of slowing, or even preventing, neurodegeneration in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). For 15 years, John Duda, MD, national director of the VA Parkinson’s Disease Research,...
