Terror in a PD Research Study
Over the years I’ve participated in a number of research studies related to Parkinson’s disease. In fact, I encourage everyone with PD to sign up with the Michael J. Fox […]
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Research
The Cost of Being a Caregiver to Someone with Parkinson’s
Being a caregiver to someone with Parkinson’s will cost you money. Why and how much? A recent research report attempted to find out, by comparing the financial situations of 1211
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Having PD Increases Your Motivation for Cognitive Control
Let’s jump to the conclusions of a recent research report titled Enhanced motivation of cognitive control in Parkinson’s disease! I’ll print the final sentence of the abstract first: These findings
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Choice of Occupation Influences Your Risk of PD
A recent study in the European Journal of Neurology (Professional occupation and the risk of Parkinson’s disease) makes some highly provocative speculations about the relationship between what occupation you choose
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Screening Parkinson’s Pain
That’s screening, not screaming. Earlier this year, the European Journal of Neurology published a study which resulted in the creation of a 14-item questionnaire that patients with Parkinson’s can complete on
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Good News for Parkies with Normal Cognition at Diagnosis: No Risk of Premature Death
According to a Swedish research report reviewed on November 6 this year (the full study was published online on October 31, 2018), Parkies who have normal cognition when they are diagnosed
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The Latest in Dementia Care
Here’s the opening sentence from an abstract of a recently published article in the medical journal Brain: Dementia in Parkinson’s disease affects 50% of patients within 10 years of diagnosis
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Severe Constipation @ Diagnosis = Greater Likelihood for Faster Progression of Parkinson’s
Here’s the first sentence of a recent research report on constipation and Parkinson’s: “Although constipation affects only one third of patients with idiopathic Parkinson’s disease (PD) at the time of
Sleep Disturbances Worsen as Parkinson’s Disease Progresses
Bottom line first: For many Parkies, sleep problems worsen over time. Yes, we already knew this first hand. But some recent research, which followed 218 newly-diagnosed Parkies for five years and
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Female Caregivers of People with Parkinson’s Risk Anxiety and Depression Themselves
According to a recent study from Turkey, female caregivers of people with Parkinson’s disease face anxiety and depression themselves, at far greater rates than male caregivers. We’re talking mostly about
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