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Have you ever felt like Parkinson’s “left the room” while you were exercising? This is something Jean Mellano experienced once at a Rock Steady Boxing class. Click here to read more about Jean’s experience.

Has this ever happened to you? What were you doing and what did it feel like?

Click here to read about the benefits of safe and consistent exercise routines for people with Parkinson’s.

Do you exercise regularly? Do you enjoy it and do you find it helps with your PD symptoms?

Inspired by the Harry Potter series, columnist Sherri Woodbridge reflects on the idea that her choices define her, and not her disability and illness. Click here to read more from Sherri.

How do you define yourself?

Stem cell-derived neurons from patients with familial forms of Parkinson’s may be used as a model to screen and develop novel therapies, a study finds. Read more about this promising new research model here.

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Click here to read about a study on the incidence and factors associated with postoperative confusion in Parkinson’s patients undergoing deep brain stimulation.

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Dr. C has some thoughts on cultivating happiness, which an be an elusive thing when battling a chronic disease like Parkinson’s.

While many things can get in the way of experiencing happiness, such as pain, deep fatigue, irritability, and grief accompanying things stolen by the disease, Dr. C believes that one can train the brain to e…[Read more]

Discoveries into molecular mechanisms, risk factors — especially genetic — and advances in potential and repurposed therapies for Parkinson’s disease over the last 20 years are reason to believe that major breakthroughs await the next two decades, a review article by two researchers states.

The review article, “Therapies to Slow, Stop, or Reve…[Read more]

Research says that treadmill training with continuously varying surface inclines improves gait disturbances, particularly walking speed, in patients with Parkinson’s. Find out more here.

Do you currently do any training on a treadmill? Is incline walking a part of your program?

A new study reports that loud and alarming sounds can reduce muscle stiffness in patients with Parkinson’s treated with subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation. Click here to learn more about this interesting discovery.

Does this news surprise you? Does it make you want to try this particular kind of DBS?

A recent rat study looked at the impact of retinol, a form of vitamin A, on the loss of dopamine-producing nerve cells, a hallmark of Parkinson’s disease. Click here to read about the study’s findings.

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“Compassion is the mindset upon which the strength and courage of a warrior are set in motion,” writes Dr. C. “It is empathy plus wisdom; empathy is the ability to sense and hear the suffering of others, while wisdom is the ability to do something to reduce that suffering.” Click here to read Dr. C’s thoughts on why practicing compassion…[Read more]

A specific magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measure can accurately predict the development of eye movement abnormalities, helping to identify patients who develop progressive supranuclear palsy with parkinsonism (PSP-P) after an initial diagnosis of Parkinson’s, a study shows. Learn more here.

How long did it take for you to get a Parkinson’s d…[Read more]

Levodopa (L-DOPA) therapy is neuroprotective and prevents age-related iron accumulation in a brain region involved in Parkinson’s disease, a mouse study has found. Click here to learn more.

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Sherri Woodbridge says that Parkinson’s disease is a bully. The disease teases and taunts her, and even tries to force her to just give up, but Sherri isn’t afraid to stand her ground. Read more from Sherri here.

Do you consider Parkinson’s disease to be a bully? How do you stay strong when the disease makes you feel afraid or hopeless?

Chronic sleep restriction alters movement, worsens cognitive dysfunction and induces changes in the levels of several amino acids — the building blocks of proteins — and other markers in rats with Parkinson’s, according to a new study.

According to researchers, these findings could enable the use of biomarkers to identify those at risk…[Read more]

PProMIS Neurosciences has identified several antibody candidates that specifically target the toxic forms of alpha-synuclein, a key component of Lewy bodies that underlie the development of Parkinson’s disease. Click here to learn more.

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In this video from Consumer Health Digest, Dr. Ron Desi talks about the basics of Parkinson’s disease and how the progressive neurodegenerative disease affects the body.

The exact cause of Parkinson’s disease is unknown, but researchers think it’s a combination of environmental factors, genetics and the presence of a protein in the nerve c…[Read more]

Upon breaking down two decades of research about how the gut affects the brain in Parkinson’s disease, a vision for studying the gut-brain connection for the next two decades has been laid out in a review article published in the Journal of Parkinson’s Disease.

Specifically, the article, “The Gut and Parkinson’s Disease: Hype or Hope?,”…[Read more]

Deep brain stimulation, levodopa infusion, and Apokyn infusion have different effects on Parkinson’s symptoms, and as such, researchers say that the selection of a treatment should be based on each patient’s particular clinical profile. Click here to learn more.

What do you think about this study and its findings? Do these findings surprise you?

Click here to learn more about the therapeutic potential of cannabis for Parkinson’s disease, which is the reason why experts will meet in Denver March 6-7 to exhange information on this hot topic.

Are you interested in learning more about medicinal cannabis and Parkinson’s?