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Treatments Inadequate for People With Late-stage Disease, Study Says

Current Parkinson’s treatments are insufficient for people with late-stage disease, inadequately controlling for many notable motor and non-motor symptoms, a study in these patients across Europe reports. The study, “The late stage of Parkinson’s — results of a large multinational study on motor and non-motor complications,” was…

Parkinson’s Voice Project Grant Enables Speak Out! and Loud Crowd Program

Parkinson Voice Project has given a second grant to the Speech-Language Institute (SLI) at Salus University, enabling it to continue its SPEAK OUT! & LOUD Crowd therapy programs. Through the grant — the amount was not specified — the SLI will continue offering free group speech therapy to Parkinson’s patients…

OWEAR Opens Software and Datasets to Promote Technology in Research

The Open Wearables Initiative (OWEAR) is making public its software and database for wearable sensors and other related-health technologies to assist clinical research, Shimmer Research announced. “We are proud to announce the release of the OWEAR database, which includes the organization’s initial index of open source software and datasets, together…