November 18, 2020November 18, 2020
Parkinson’s Foundation, VA Team Up to Help Vets Manage Disease
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Of the roughly 1 million U.S. residents with Parkinson’s disease, some 110,000 are veterans. To improve this population’s health, ... Read more
November 18, 2020November 18, 2020
PPMI Study Expanding Enrollment
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The Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI), a study sponsored by The Michael J. Fox Foundation, is expanding to recruit ... Read more
November 17, 2020November 17, 2020
Impact of Mood Problems Worse on Patients With Longer Disease Course
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Mood problems have a greater impact on quality of life among Parkinson’s patients who have had the neurodegenerative disorder ... Read more
November 17, 2020November 17, 2020
Mitochondrial Interaction Networks May Help in Diagnosing Parkinson’s
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Networks of mitochondrial interactions in nerve cells may be used as a biomarker in diagnosing Parkinson’s disease, a recent study ... Read more
November 16, 2020November 16, 2020
Kininogen-1 Protein Linked to Early Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson’s
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People with Parkinson’s disease who have higher levels of the protein kininogen-1 in the fluid surrounding their brains and ... Read more
November 16, 2020November 16, 2020
$380K Fox Foundation Grant Extends California Parkinson’s Registry for Year
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The California Parkinson’s Disease Registry (CPDR) will continue through June 2021, after gaining support from the state’s governor and ... Read more
November 13, 2020November 12, 2020
Atypical Non-tremor Parkinson’s Can Be Confused With PTSD
Columns, Possibilities with Parkinson's - a Column by Dr. C
“You’re a veteran. All Vietnam vets have PTSD.” This simple statement misses the mark. Prior to my Parkinson’s diagnosis, ... Read more
November 13, 2020November 13, 2020
Nanoparticles Show Potential as Transport Agents for Parkinson’s Treatments
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Nanoparticles as transport agents have a potential to more effectively deliver medications to the brain, opening neurological disorders such as ... Read more
November 13, 2020November 13, 2020
New Design of 3D ‘Organ-On-A-Chip’ Device Grows Neurons Most Affected in Parkinson’s
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Scientists have designed a so-called “organ-on-a-chip” device that can grow dopaminergic neurons — the brain cells most affected in ... Read more
November 12, 2020November 11, 2020
Parkinson’s Nonprofits Shift Strategies to Adapt to the Pandemic
Columns, Life, Lemons, and Lemonade – a Column by Lori DePorter
For our family and friends in the Parkinson’s community, spring and summer usually mean golf tournaments and 5K races, ... Read more
November 12, 2020November 12, 2020
Tremor Affects Cognition and Learning Skills in Differing Ways, Study Suggests
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Tremor in Parkinson’s patients affects how well levodopa treatment, via dopamine production, affects learning skills in these people — supporting ... Read more
November 12, 2020November 12, 2020
New AI Tool Tracks Protein Movement to Better Understand Parkinson’s
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Scientists at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) in Denmark have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to monitor and ... Read more

November 18, 2020November 18, 2020

Parkinson’s Foundation, VA Team Up to Help Vets Manage Disease

News

Of the roughly 1 million U.S. residents with Parkinson’s disease, some 110,000 are veterans. To improve this population’s health, well-being, and quality of life, the U.S. Department of Veterans ... Read more

November 18, 2020November 18, 2020

PPMI Study Expanding Enrollment

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The Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI), a study sponsored by The Michael J. Fox Foundation, is expanding to recruit more participants, the Foundation announced. Currently, the study (NCT04477785) is ... Read more

November 17, 2020November 17, 2020

Impact of Mood Problems Worse on Patients With Longer Disease Course

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Mood problems have a greater impact on quality of life among Parkinson’s patients who have had the neurodegenerative disorder for a long time, compared with those who are earlier ... Read more

November 17, 2020November 17, 2020

Mitochondrial Interaction Networks May Help in Diagnosing Parkinson’s

News

Networks of mitochondrial interactions in nerve cells may be used as a biomarker in diagnosing Parkinson’s disease, a recent study has shown. The study, “Mitochondria interaction networks show altered topological ... Read more

November 16, 2020November 16, 2020

Kininogen-1 Protein Linked to Early Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson’s

News

People with Parkinson’s disease who have higher levels of the protein kininogen-1 in the fluid surrounding their brains and spinal cord are more likely to experience early cognitive impairment, ... Read more

November 16, 2020November 16, 2020

$380K Fox Foundation Grant Extends California Parkinson’s Registry for Year

News

The California Parkinson’s Disease Registry (CPDR) will continue through June 2021, after gaining support from the state’s governor and $380,000 in extension funding from the Michael J. Fox Foundation ... Read more

November 13, 2020November 12, 2020

Atypical Non-tremor Parkinson’s Can Be Confused With PTSD

Columns, Possibilities with Parkinson's - a Column by Dr. C

“You’re a veteran. All Vietnam vets have PTSD.” This simple statement misses the mark. Prior to my Parkinson’s diagnosis, I was not diagnosed with any of the symptoms attributable ... Read more

November 13, 2020November 13, 2020

Nanoparticles Show Potential as Transport Agents for Parkinson’s Treatments

News

Nanoparticles as transport agents have a potential to more effectively deliver medications to the brain, opening neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s disease to new treatments, a study suggested. But work is ... Read more

November 13, 2020November 13, 2020

New Design of 3D ‘Organ-On-A-Chip’ Device Grows Neurons Most Affected in Parkinson’s

News

Scientists have designed a so-called “organ-on-a-chip” device that can grow dopaminergic neurons — the brain cells most affected in people with Parkinson’s disease — in a 3D environment where ... Read more

November 12, 2020November 11, 2020

Parkinson’s Nonprofits Shift Strategies to Adapt to the Pandemic

Columns, Life, Lemons, and Lemonade – a Column by Lori DePorter

For our family and friends in the Parkinson’s community, spring and summer usually mean golf tournaments and 5K races, while fall and winter bring indoor dances and casino nights. ... Read more