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How I Get the Most Out of My Deep Brain Stimulator
Shared from parkinsonsnewstoday.com. Almost daily I’m reminded of how fortunate I am to have had deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery to treat my Parkinson’s disease. I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2013, at the age of 36. In the fall of 2019, I had DBS...
8 Ways To Manage Hallucinations and Delusions
Shared from myparkinsonsteam.com. Hallucinations and delusions are symptoms of Parkinson’s disease psychosis. Although motor symptoms like tremors, muscle stiffness, and slowed movements are the hallmark of the condition, between 20 percent and 40 percent of people...
Processed Food Tied to Higher Risk of Early Parkinson’s Symptoms
Shared from parkinsonsnewstoday.com. People who eat large amounts of highly processed foods are more likely to develop early Parkinson’s disease symptoms, a study found. “There’s growing evidence that diet might influence the development of Parkinson’s disease,”...
AI Tools May Help Detect, Diagnose Parkinson’s at Early Stages: Study
Shared from parkinsonsnewstoday.com. Using advanced diagnostic tools — such as different types of brain scans and methods that employ artificial intelligence (AI) — may help detect early signs of Parkinson’s that precede the onset of the disease’s motor symptoms,...
Students Aim to Boost Diversity in Parkinson’s Exercise Providers
Shared from parkinsonsnewstoday.com. Two University of Michigan-Flint doctorate students received a $50,000 grant to support diversity among exercise providers offering care to people with Parkinson’s disease. The grant, from The Michigan Health Equity Challenge,...
ANPD001 Eases Motor Symptoms, Early Trial Data Shows
Shared from parkinsonsnewstoday.com. The first three patients treated with ANPD001, a cell therapy for Parkinson’s disease, showed reduced motor symptoms and improved daily functioning over six months, without any serious side effects. That’s according to early...
Symptoms of Parkinson’s
Shared from myparkinsonsteam.com. Parkinson’s disease mainly affects the central nervous system, which is made up of the brain and spinal cord. In Parkinson’s disease, the brain cells that produce a neurotransmitter (a chemical that transmits nerve signals between...
Walking to Music Helps Parkinson’s Patients Walk More
Shared from parkinsonsnewstoday.com. Listening to rhythm-based cues while walking not only builds lasting walking habits, but also helps people with Parkinson’s disease walk more, at a greater intensity, and more steadily than walking on their own. These are the...
New Insights into Motor Control in Brain May Help in Parkinson’s
Shared from parkinsonsnewstoday.com. Switching actions and stopping movements involve two distinct cognitive motor processes, according to a study that combined computer modeling with tasks performed by healthy people. The findings have implications for people with...
Exercise, Fall Risk, Caregiver Burden Focus of UAMS Parkinson’s Meeting
Shared from parkinsonsnewstoday.com. Physical exercise, avoiding falls, and the importance of providing support to caregivers were the focus of the 10th UAMS Parkinson’s symposium hosted last month by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), where the...