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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...
How Do You Feel with Parkinson’s? A Special Edition Webinar on Emotions
Shared from michaeljfox.org. Life with Parkinson’s disease (PD) comes with a vast range of emotions, wherever you are in your disease journey. Shock, grief, optimism, fear, denial, hope, humor and more can all be a part of the emotional landscape for people living...
Mime of Mind (A Therapeutic Tool for PD)
Shared from mimeovermind.com. Why Mime? Using mime as a therapeutic tool can help people with Parkinson’s override many of the annoying symptoms. Mime provides practical tools that can immediately be put into practice. This may help people with Parkinson’s improve...
Tackle Parkinson’s Tremor With Targeted Exercises
Shared from myparkinsonsteam.com. Parkinson’s disease (PD) can sometimes cause tremor, involuntary shaking or movement that often affects the hands. Engaging in specific exercises, such as “the coconut crack” demonstrated in this video, can help manage your tremor....
Brain Inflammation Linked to Dementia Risk in Parkinson’s Disease
Shared from parkinson.org.Parkinson's disease (PD) is known primarily for its movement-related symptoms, but it can also lead to dementia, a devastating decline in cognitive abilities. Nearly half of people diagnosed with Parkinson’s develop dementia within 10 years...
Vibrating Glove May Help Patients Regain Motor Control
Shared from parkinsonsnewstoday.com. Two undergraduate students from Rice University in Houston have designed an affordable, vibrating glove that they say lets patients feel vibrations in their fingertips to retrain misfiring neurons (nerve cells) in the brain — a...
Freezing of Gait in Parkinson’s
Shared from parkinson.org.As Parkinson's disease (PD) progresses, people with PD may experience freezing of gait or "freezing" episodes. Freezing of gait is the temporary, involuntary inability to move. Not all people with PD experience freezing episodes, but those...
What People with Parkinson’s Want Health Professionals to Know
Shared from parkinson.org.Many people with Parkinson's disease (PD) feel their doctors do not fully understand the many challenges that can accompany this disease. From unpredictable symptoms to the emotional toll that parallels progression, they have valuable...
Seeing Objects Out of the Corner of Your Eye and Other Parkinson’s Hallucinations
Shared from myparkinsonsteam.com. When you or a loved one with Parkinson’s disease has hallucinations, it can be confusing and distressing. Hallucinations occur in 20 percent to 40 percent of people with Parkinson’s, and they are the most common form of Parkinson’s...
5 Stages of Parkinson’s Progression
Shared from myparkinsonsteam.com. Parkinson’s disease is a neurological movement disorder that usually worsens over time. There are several ways to measure the progression of Parkinson’s disease (PD). One example is the five stages. Although grouping symptoms into...