Tuppy Owens, a sex therapist who works and advocates on behalf of the disabled, will hold an online lecture on July 26 focusing on sexuality in the context of chronic conditions, including Parkinson’s disease, and how patients and caregivers can best enjoy this aspect of their lives. Registration is free for…
University of Houston researchers are developing what’s called the Smarter Balance System (SBS), a smartphone-based biofeedback rehabilitation system to help patients with Parkinson’s disease regain stable balance. This helps them with confidence in performing daily activities through a series of exercises using a piece of wearable technology.
We know dealing with a condition such as Parkinson’s disease can sometimes feel, both for the patients and the caregivers. You feel like you’re not doing enough or as if the disease is taking up all your time and attention. To help you on your journey, we’ve gathered a few quotes we thought might help…
Consuming at least three servings of low-fat dairy per day is enough to increase the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease by 34 percent, compared to consuming less than one serving daily. So says a study, “Intake of Dairy Foods and Risk of Parkinson Disease,” published in Neurology, the journal of…
People living with Parkinson’s disease are frustrated with the difficulty in getting an accurate diagnosis, a new Health Union survey found. The “Parkinson’s in America 2017″ survey, conducted online between Jan. 19 and March 13 of this year, includes responses from 1,100 Parkinson’s patients and was released through ParkinsonsDisease.net, Health Union’s newest…
AFFiRiS’s new Parkinson’s vaccine, AFFITOPE PD03A, triggered a solid immune response against the alpha-Synuclein (aSyn) protein associated with the disease, according to a Phase 1 clinical trial. Patients also tolerated the therapy well, researchers said. Werner Poewe, a professor at Austria’s Medical University Insbruck, presented the results at the 21stInternational Congress…
Almost half of Americans said in a survey that awareness of Parkinson’s disease has increased in the past year due to Muhammad Ali’s long and inspirational fight against the disease. The results are from a national survey led by the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center. The survey, which was…
NeuroDerm received a green light from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the main design elements of the amended iNDiGO trial evaluating ND0612 as a treatment for Parkinson’s disease in patients on levodopa with motor fluctuations. The letter NeuroDerm…
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted Finland’s Herantis Pharma a patent covering the use of mesencephalic astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor (MANF) to treat Parkinson’s disease and other neurological illnesses. The patent is related to a genetic sequence encoding MANF. Molecules such as MANF nucleic acids and MANF polypeptides, can be used…
African-Americans are more likely to receive care for Parkinson’s disease in a hospital emergency room and have more hospital stays than whites, according to a U.S. study. Blacks also more likely to be treated for stroke in a hospital than whites, researchers said. Another finding was that both African-Americans and…
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