Currently, Parkinsonโs disease (PD) diagnosis is based on a visual clinical exam, done by a doctor (ideally a neurologist or movement disorder specialist) in their office. This means that motor symptoms such as tremor, stiffness and slowness must be apparent before a diagnosis is made by the neurologist โ yet those visible symptoms donโt often […]
Bryan Hill: Living with Young Onset Parkinsonโs Parkinsonโs disease (PD) is often thought of as an older personโs disease. But did you know that people in their 30s and 40s can also be diagnosed? Itโs called Young or Early Onset Parkinsonโs disease (YOPD or EOPD) and to raise awareness and shed light on the perspective […]
Care Partner Tributes and Stories for Family Caregivers Month November is National Family Caregivers Month — a time to recognize and honor family care partners across the country. We all know how integral care partners are to each Parkinsonโs disease (PD) journey and while they should be celebrated year-round, now is a great time to […]
Exploring seven recently approved Parkinsonโs treatments Update: View our updated post of new Parkinsonโs treatments in the clinical trial pipeline for 2023 and 2024 Remarkably, in the last five years, seven new medications have been approved for the treatment of the motor symptoms of Parkinsonโs disease (PD), with two approved in 2020. Thatโs exciting progress! […]
Every year the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society (MDS) holds a conference and every year APDA is there, learning about the newest research and sharing our resources with the wider Parkinsonโs disease (PD) community. The MDS Congress is the preeminent gathering of medical professionals from around the world who are dedicated to PD […]
The Parkinsonโs disease (PD) research community is extremely eager to find a medication that is disease modifying or neuroprotective (meaning it protects the nerve cells from damage or degeneration). There have been many attempts over the past number of years to demonstrate through clinical trials that particular compounds have neuroprotective effects but to date, these attempts have […]
NEW, INNOVATIVE PARKINSONโS DISEASE RESEARCH BEING FUNDED BY APDA On September 1, 2021, APDA announced our research grantees for the year ahead. Our grant recipients are working tirelessly to understand the complexities of Parkinsonโs disease in an effort to develop new treatments and eventually, a cure, and we are honored to support their work. This […]
Lower back pain and Parkinsonโs disease Lower back pain is an extremely common problem in the general population, as well as for people with Parkinsonโs disease (PD). It tends to make moving more difficult, adding to the challenges of PD. Tim Nordahl, PT, DPT, a physical therapist at Boston University gave an excellent presentation as […]
Mindful movement-based practices are popular complementary therapies in Parkinsonโs disease (PD), defined as healing practices involving movement of the body while focusing on the mind. They are performed in addition to standard therapies with the goal of improving quality of life. Many of you probably have heard of yoga and tai chi, but there are […]
In last weekโs blog, we addressed the reasons why it is vital for people with Parkinsonโs disease to exercise, including (but not limited to) improving particular motor and non-motor symptoms such as impaired balance, gait disorders, depression, and cognition. Today, we will tackle another important question โ what types of exercise are most beneficial to […]
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