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Wendy is a proven blogger and social media manager who has helped to build online communities for businesses and organizations. She currently heads the website’s social outreach online through social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.

Articles by Wendy Henderson

Medication for Managing Parkinson’s Disease

This Khan Academy Medicine video shared in May 2015 focuses on the types of medication used to manage the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. Back to the Future film inspires effort to detect Parkinson’s disease in its earliest phases.   Using hand-drawn illustrations, the film explains that there…

What Are the Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease?

In this video from Butler Hospital, Providence, shared in November 2010, Dr. Joseph H. Friedman, an international expert in Parkinson’s disease, discusses some of the common symptoms of the condition as patients talk about how these symptoms affect their day-to-day life. A glove-like device may help to counter…

4 Possible Causes of Parkinson’s Disease

While the exact cause of Parkinson’s disease is currently unknown, scientists have come up with four possible theories of causes for the condition according to the Mayo Clinic.   There are certain genes which, when they become mutated, cause Parkinson’s disease. However, these mutated genes are very…

Advanced Parkinson’s Disease: Noel’s Story

In this Veterans Health Association video, we learn a little more about advanced Parkinson’s disease. Dr. Nicholas Galifianakis from San Francisco VAMC, talks about the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease in later stages, including dementia, depression, incontinence and urinary problems. Discover what dopamine is and what role it plays…

Seated Exercises for Patients With Parkinson’s Disease

Chad Moir runs a personal training company called DopaFit, which specializes in training people with Parkinson’s disease. Find out about a group of people with young-onset Parkinson’s disease who are using boxing therapy to improve their lives.  In this video, Chad demonstrates some seated exercises which aim to…

Parkinson’s Stories: Gregory Chandler

https://vimeo.com/larrycappetto2016/gregorychandler https://vimeo.com/160198881 This Larry TV video is all about the charming Gregory Chandler from Montrose, Colorado. Find out about a group of people with early onset Parkinson’s disease who are using boxing therapy to improve their lives.  Diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1982, Gregory doesn’t let the disease get…

Designing Hacks for Life With Parkinson’s Disease

https://vimeo.com/162490862   In this Ted Talks video from VanBerlo, designer Mileha Soneji talks about growing up with her uncle who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Discover some simple relaxation solutions for patients with Parkinson’s disease here.  Mileha takes us through some simple hacks she designed which can make…

Boxing Therapy for Young Onset Parkinson’s

https://vimeo.com/98760442 “One person every hour in the UK is diagnosed with Parkinson’s” is just one of the many surprising figures in this 2014 video from Rekha Garton. Another one? That one in 20 of those will be under the age of 40. Michael J. Fox Foundation grant aims…

Dopamine and Parkinson’s Disease

“Every hour, someone in the UK is told they have Parkinson’s.” Key to neuron death in Parkinson’s disease found in aging mitochondria. Read more here. The role of dopamine in Parkinson’s disease is briefly explained in this video from Parkinson’s UK, as well as the symptoms experienced…