Speech Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease

Shared from parkinsonsnewstoday.com.     Parkinson’s disease affects not only movement but also muscles in the face, mouth and throat that are used to speak. This may cause a person’s voice to change, as well as dysarthria, or difficulty in speaking, and dysphagia, or...

Drug-Induced Parkinsonism: Everything You Need To Know

Shared from myparkinsonsteam.com.     After Parkinson’s disease (PD), drug-induced parkinsonism (DIP) is the second most common cause of parkinsonism in the older population. “Parkinsonism” refers to a having a particular set of symptoms related to motor function. A...

Defects in Parkinson’s-linked VPS13C Disrupt Lysosome Repair

Shared from parkinsonsnewstoday.com.     Defects in VPS13C, a protein whose dysfunction has been linked to Parkinson’s disease, can prevent cells from repairing damage to their waste disposal systems, a study shows. VPS13C and other proteins associated with genetic...