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How to Reduce the Risk of Falling
Shared from brainandlife.org. When Mary Wasser-man's husband, Albert, was diagnosed at age 81 with Lewy body dementia along with Parkinson's disease in 2020, she worried about keeping him safe at their home in San Diego. Three years later, in April 2023, he had to...
Life Hacks for Parkinson’s Disease
Shared from myparkinsonsteam.com. Living with Parkinson’s disease (PD) sometimes means finding workarounds, or “hacks,” that can help make life a little easier and improve your quality of life. The idea of hacks is not necessarily about preventing symptoms, but in...
Parkinson’s Tremors: Causes, Types, and Treatments
Shared from myparkinsonsteam.com. Tremors are among the major symptoms of Parkinson’s disease for many people living with the condition. They can affect either side of the body, impacting arms and hands as well as the head and torso. Tremors can be frustrating to...
Emotional Guidance for Living with Parkinson’s Psychosis
Shared from parkinsonsnewstoday.com. Having hallucinations or delusions can be alarming. You may see, feel, or hear things that don’t exist. Or you may believe something that doesn’t make sense but still seems true to you. More than half of people living...
Aged Neurons Don’t Respond Normally to Stress
Shared from parkinsonsnewstoday.com. Aging interferes with the way neurons, or nerve cells, respond to stress, making them more susceptible to damage and more likely to contribute to neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s, according to a study in cells and...
Managing Fatigue and Parkinson’s Disease: 6 Tips for More Energy
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...
Work on Leg Coordination With the Sumo Snap Exercise
Shared from parkinsonsnewstoday.com. If you’ve ever had trouble getting out of the car, stepping out of the shower, or performing other activities that require leg coordination, you might benefit from performing this simple exercise that you can do right from your...
Traveling with Parkinson’s: My Journey with the Sunflower Lanyard
Shared from worldpdcongress.org. If you see me in an airport or on a bus, I appear like any typical man in his fifties. Outwardly, I show few motor symptoms, despite my diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease (PD) eight years ago. Undergoing Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) in...
Casma to Develop CSM-101 as Treatment for Parkinson’s
Shared from parkinsonsnewstoday.com. Casma Therapeutics said it will develop CSM-101 as a potential disease-modifying oral treatment for people with Parkinson’s disease and Gaucher disease. CSM-101 is a first-in-class small molecule designed to activate the calcium...
Movement and Cueing Strategies To Thaw Freezing Events IN Parkinson’s Disease
Shared from apdaparkinson.org. Some individuals with Parkinson’s disease (PD)experience freezing of gait (FOG), which results in aninability to take a step or getting “stuck” while walking.This can be frustrating because it slows down walking,resulting in...