Jul 5, 2024 | Caregiver Articles, General Interest, Living with PD
Shared from parkinson.org. It can be hard to tell if you or a loved one has Parkinson’s disease (PD). Below are 10 signs that you might have the disease. No single one of these signs means that you should worry, but if you have more than one sign you should...
Jul 5, 2024 | Living with PD
Shared from parkinson.org. Dizziness and vertigo are commonly reported symptoms in people with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Dizziness is a term used to describe a range of sensations, such as being on the verge of fainting, feeling woozy, weak or unsteady. Dizziness that...
Jun 28, 2024 | Caregiver Articles, Living with PD
Shared from brainandlife.org. First, decide whether you want to do hospice at home or in a care facility, says Benzi Kluger, MD, FAAN, director of the Palliative Care Research Center and the Neurology Supportive and Palliative Care Service at the University...
Jun 28, 2024 | Living with PD, Research
Shared from ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. This study demonstrates that the neuroprotection of coffee on PD is attributed to caffeine and its metabolites by detailed quantification of plasma caffeine and its metabolites years before diagnosis. Read More more news &...
Jun 28, 2024 | Living with PD, Research
Shared from sciencealert.com. Researchers have discovered how a cell surface protein called Aplp1 can play a role in spreading material responsible for Parkinson’s disease from cell-to-cell in the brain. Promisingly, an FDA-approved cancer drug that...
Jun 24, 2024 | Living with PD
Shared from michaeljfox.org. PODCAST OVERVIEW:It’s often believed that Parkinson’s is an “old white man’s disease.” However, the more we learn about Parkinson’s, the more we understand the diversity of people it affects. For example, approximately 40...