Aug 22, 2024 | Living with PD
Shared from apdaparkinson.org. It has long been understood that Parkinson’s disease (PD) does not just cause movement, or motor, symptoms, but also causes a litany of non-motor symptoms with effects throughout the body. One of the organ systems that is affected...
Aug 22, 2024 | Living with PD
Shared from myparkinsonsteam.com. If you are living with Parkinson’s disease, you might often feel run-down, out of energy, or even a bone-deep kind of tired that isn’t relieved with rest. Those feelings of intense tiredness are known as fatigue — a symptom that...
Aug 22, 2024 | General Interest, Living with PD
Shared from moretoparkinsons.com. Ryan Reynolds and his mother, Tammy, are raising awareness about another part of Parkinson’s disease—the less recognized but still common symptoms of hallucinations and delusions. Watch Video more news & info What is...
Aug 15, 2024 | Living with PD, Research
Shared from ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. This study investigated the effects of the SPEAK OUT! & LOUD Crowd therapy program on speaking rate, percent pause time, intelligibility, naturalness, and communicative participation in individuals with Parkinson’s disease...
Aug 15, 2024 | Living with PD, Research
Shared from apdaparkinson.org. Today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton announced the introduction of a new bill which aims to fund research into environmental causes of neurodegenerative disease. Wexton, a Democrat from Virginia, has been diagnosed with...
Aug 15, 2024 | Living with PD
Shared from parkinson.org. Young-onset Parkinson’s disease (YOPD) occurs in people younger than 50 years of age. Most people with idiopathic, or typical, PD develop symptoms at 50 years of age or older. YOPD affects about four percent of the one million people with PD...
