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Smartphone Apps Can Help Manage Parkinson’s, Migraines, Epilepsy, and More
Shared from brainandlife.org. Stacee Hawkins credits a health-changing aha moment to a smartphone app. Linked to her smartwatch, StrivePD, from Rune Labs, automatically detects and records tremors and muscle spasms called dyskinesia in addition to tracking her diet,...
Staying Active Can Slow Cognitive Decline in Parkinson’s Disease
Shared from brainandlife.org. If you have Parkinson’s disease (PD) and are staying active, you’re likely doing yourself a big favor. A new study shows that regular physical activity can help slow cognitive decline in people with PD. The findings support the belief...
Occupational Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease
Shared from parkinsonsnewstoday.com. Occupational therapy is used to help people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) to continue with their daily tasks as the disease progresses. Occupational therapists can help evaluate and plan these activities that are crucial to the...
Hemoglobin Discovery May Offer Strategy for Parkinson’s Treatment
Shared from parkinsonsnewstoday.com. Hemoglobin — a protein best known for carrying oxygen in the bloodstream — has an under-recognized role in protecting brain cells from damage, researchers found. Data from animal experiments showed that a treatment designed to...
What Are Persecutory Delusions? Examples and How To Help
Shared from myparkinsonsteam.com. Delusions and hallucinations are two symptoms of Parkinson’s disease psychosis (PDP). This is when some people with Parkinson’s have trouble distinguishing reality from things that are imagined. PDP consists of nonmotor symptoms of...
Overactive Dopamine Cells May Drive Parkinson’s Brain Damage
Shared from parkinsonsnewstoday.com. Brain damage in Parkinson’s disease may be driven in part by certain nerve cells working too hard, causing them to accrue damage and die. This suggests that treatments that reduce the activity of these cells may help slow the...
Scientists Caution on Some Experimental Parkinson’s Therapies
Shared from parkinsonsnewstoday.com. Some experimental therapies for Parkinson’s disease designed to improve the function of mitochondria may inadvertently damage them instead. That’s according to the study, “Putative PINK1/Parkin activators lower the threshold for...
Parkinson’s Research: Latest Updates for Health and Care Professionals
Shared from parkinsons.org.uk Ethnicity and Parkinson's Learn what we know so far about how Parkinson's affects people of all races and ethnicities, and what we need to do to make research and understanding equal for everyone. Read about the differences in how...
Groundwater Contamination Near Golf Courses Linked to Parkinson Disease Risk
Shared from neurologyadvisor.com Golf courses are often heavily treated with pesticides, the exposure to which is considered a potential environmental risk factor for PD. To better understand the role of golf course pesticide exposure in PD risk, researchers...
Foot Health and Gait Safety: An Action Plan for Confident Walking
Shared from parkinsonsnewstoday.com. If you or a loved one is living with Parkinson’s disease, you already know it can affect movement. But you might be surprised by how much it can impact your feet. Understanding how Parkinson’s affects your feet — and what you...