“Brandon, remove your hat before we go up in the Lord’s house.” My aunt said it under her breath, but pointedly. Uncle Brandon wasn’t hearing any of it. His baseball caps were part of his signature style. He was an East Texas countryman from the Piney Woods, and hats…
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I recently started listening to the audio version of Paul Davies’ book “The Demon in the Machine: How Hidden Webs of Information Are Solving the Mystery of Life.” Given my experience with Parkinson’s disease, I was prepared to recognize the title character. Instead, I met a surprisingly helpful little…
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When my dad, Jack, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2013, the lens of his life dramatically shifted within minutes. While still in a fog, my parents needed to know what they were up against and create a plan. Most people associate dopamine with pleasure, but this powerful neurotransmitter…
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved tavapadon — an oral drug aimed at maintaining consistent control of motor symptoms — as a new treatment for adults with Parkinson’s disease. The therapy’s developer, AbbVie, will market the once-daily med, taken as tablets, under the brand…
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A rehabilitation program called PD-CoRE was shown to help adults with Parkinson’s disease improve their cognitive function and lessen symptoms of depression in a recent study. The program uses group sessions to teach practical problem-solving strategies, giving participants tools to manage the daily cognitive challenges that often accompany the neurodegenerative…
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ACI-7104, AC Immune’s experimental vaccine for early Parkinson’s disease, was generally safe and triggered an immune response against aggregated alpha-synuclein, according to results from the first part of a Phase 2 trial. The findings from the VacSYn study (NCT06015841) included 34 participants, 25 who received ACI-7104 and…
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