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January 18, 2021January 18, 2021

Trial Will Assess Safety, Efficacy of New DBS Feature for Percept PC Device

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Medtronic has launched a clinical trial to assess the safety and efficacy of adaptive deep brain stimulation, or aDBS, an investigational feature of its Percept PC Neurostimulator device, in ... Read more

January 18, 2021January 18, 2021

The Tale of a PD Patient, Social Media, and a Crowdfunding Campaign

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With north of 150,000 followers on his TikTok account, elite athlete Jimmy Choi knows his way around social media. After all, the ultra marathoner has competed on four seasons ... Read more

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021

Alpha-Synuclein RNA Molecule May Help Tell Apart Parkinson’s, DLB

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The levels of a specific RNA molecule that provides instructions to make the alpha-synuclein protein may help, at an early stage, to distinguish patients with Parkinson’s disease from those ... Read more

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021

Plant Extract Shows Promise as Parkinson’s Therapy in Rodent Study

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An extract from three plant species reduced signs of motor disturbances in rodent models of Parkinson’s disease and lessened the associated molecular defects of the cellular recycling process known ... Read more

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021

Focused Ultrasound May Help Treat Motor Symptoms, Trial Finds

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People with Parkinson’s disease with symptoms affecting one side of the body, who were treated with focused ultrasound targeting the affected brain region, showed an improvement in motor features ... Read more

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021

MIND Diet Delays Parkinson’s Onset, Research Shows

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Later age at Parkinson’s disease onset is associated with high adherence to the MIND diet and benefits women more than three times as much as it does men, a study ... Read more

January 12, 2021January 13, 2021

Array of Motor Symptoms Seen to Most Bother Patients, Changing Over Time

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As Parkinson’s disease progresses, the symptoms that are most bothersome to patients change, a survey study reports. Specifically, hallmark motor symptoms like dyskinesia (involuntary movements) and those affecting walking, balance and speech ... Read more

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021

Smartphone App Shows COVID-19 Lockdowns Led to Big Drop in Walking

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A smartphone application designed to measure and monitor the walking mobility of people with Parkinson’s disease captured a 44% decrease in daily activities during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, a study ... Read more

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021

Q&A With Deborah Brooks, Executive Vice Chair of Fox Foundation

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Deborah W. Brooks, a former vice president at Goldman Sachs, had always had a “tug” toward nonprofit work, and after watching enough gala videos that brought her to tears, ... Read more

January 12, 2021January 13, 2021

Antioxidant Nanozyme Found to Block Parkinson’s Development in Mice

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Treatment with the antioxidant metal-alloy nanozyme reduced the build-up (aggregation) and transmission of disease-causing alpha-synuclein protein in the nerve cells and brains of a Parkinson’s disease mouse model, a ... Read more