Neurorehabilitation Seen to Ease Disease Symptoms, Protect Neurons

A therapeutic mix of exercise, cognitive stimulation and social activity — known as environmental enrichment — eased Parkinson’s disease symptoms and protected brain cells in a mouse model, though to a greater extent in early disease stages, a study reported. Benefits were notably less potent in animals with more advanced…

Intense Rehabilitation Can Help People at Earlier Disease Stages, Study Finds

An intensive and sweeping rehabilitation program, given in a hospital, led to significant short-term improvements in the functional and cognitive abilities of people with mild-to-moderate Parkinson’s disease in a recent study. That study, “Functional and Cognitive Improvement After an Intensive Inpatient Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Program in Mild to…