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,...
Jan 23, 2025 | Living with PD
Shared from myparkinsonsteam.com. Many symptoms of Parkinson’s disease and parkinsonism can interfere with daily life. Parkinson’s disease symptoms fall under two general categories: motor and nonmotor. One of the less common motor symptoms is...
Jan 17, 2025 | Living with PD
Shared from apdaparkinson.org. Our bodies are programmed to keep our internal temperature at a near-constant point, using very complex mechanisms. Parkinson’s disease (PD) can unfortunately interfere with this regulation, and it can significantly affect quality...
Jan 17, 2025 | Living with PD
Shared from myparkinsonsteam.com. As marijuana use becomes more common in the United States, many people with chronic medical conditions such as Parkinson’s disease wonder whether this substance will prove helpful or harmful. “Have any of you tried marijuana to...
Dec 23, 2024 | General Interest, Living with PD, Research
Shared from myparkinsonsteam.com. A MyParkinsonsTeam member recently asked, “Should I do genetic testing for PD? Several of my family members have had it … Does it run in families?” The short answer is: it’s complicated. There is still much that scientists do not...
