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1 week ago | 
parkinsonsnewstoday.com | Andrea Lobo |Christine Scheer |Lindsey Shapiro |Marisa Wexler
Although physical exercise has well-established benefits for people with Parkinson’s disease, too much of it may worsen fatigue and motor symptoms, according to a report of two cases in the U.K.Both patients believed that intense exercise could help them overcome the disease, including reversing the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons, the nerve cells that are lost in people with Parkinson’s.
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3 weeks ago | 
parkinsonsnewstoday.com | Margarida Maia |Lindsey Shapiro |Steve Bryson |Christine Scheer
Older adults with tremor are three times more likely than those in the general elderly population to develop Parkinson’s disease — especially if they act out their dreams while sleeping or experience new-onset rest tremor — a study from China has found.
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1 month ago | 
parkinsonsnewstoday.com | Marisa Wexler |Christine Scheer |Lindsey Shapiro |Andrea Lobo
An adapted physical activity program may help ease motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, a study showed. Although patients’ motor symptoms eased immediately after the three-month program, there didn’t appear to be a long-term effect on motor symptom severity, emphasizing a need for longer programs and/or further resources to help patients more effectively exercise on their own, the study’s authors said.
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1 month ago | 
parkinsonsnewstoday.com | Andrea Lobo |Christine Scheer |Marisa Wexler
Moving Day, a signature fundraiser for the Parkinson’s Foundation, will join communities this spring to raise awareness and money to support care for people with Parkinson’s disease, and advance research toward better treatments. The events will take place in 33 cities across the U.S. from March 15 to June 8. Registration is now open for local events, where participants of all ages and physical ability may join individually or as a team.
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1 month ago | 
parkinsonsnewstoday.com | Mollie Lombardi |Christine Scheer |Mary Beth Skylis
Note: This column describes the author’s own experiences with deep brain stimulation surgery. Not everyone will have the same response to the procedure. Consult your doctor before considering any particular therapy or treatment. Third in a series. Read parts one and two. In part two of this series, I left off just before I headed back to the hospital for my second deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery. It was late October 2019, and I’d just spent a week recovering from my first surgery at home.
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1 month ago | 
parkinsonsnewstoday.com | Christine Scheer |Margarida Maia |Mollie Lombardi
This winter has been hard here in Ontario, Canada. It’s been cold, dark, and snowy. Plus, my Parkinson’s symptoms worsened, with freezing and dyskinesia happening more frequently, my balance being at an all-time low, and fatigue ruling my days. In the past, I’d been able to keep most of my symptoms in check partly by exercising. Recently, though, I don’t think my exercise regimen was doing much to help with my Parkinson’s disease. So I needed to shake things up a bit and add a couple new classes.
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1 month ago | 
parkinsonsnewstoday.com | Marisa Wexler |Christine Scheer |Steve Bryson
Damage to a part of the brain called the amygdala plays a key role in vision problems for people with Parkinson’s disease, a study suggested. Vision problems are relatively common as people get older. In typical aging, vision problems arise because of issues in the eyes and vision-processing pathways, while the amygdala is minimally affected, the researchers noted, suggesting amygdala changes are a unique feature of vision problems related to Parkinson’s.
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2 months ago | 
parkinsonsnewstoday.com | Jamie Askari |Jo Gambosi |Christine Scheer
Growing up, we always had a dog in our family. My mom was particularly fond of schnauzer breeds, so I always had a gray-haired, old-man-looking dog to walk, feed, and keep me company. One dog, Charlie Brown, came into our family a few years before I was born, so we grew up together. After he passed over the rainbow bridge to doggy heaven, I was devastated, as I’d never known life without dear Charlie. Fast forward to my life as a mom of three young children.
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2 months ago | 
parkinsonsnewstoday.com | Mollie Lombardi |Marisa Wexler |Christine Scheer
Note: This column describes the author’s own experiences with deep brain stimulation surgery. Not everyone will have the same response to the procedure. Consult your doctor before considering any particular therapy or treatment. First in a series. You know how people say “It’s not like it’s brain surgery” about something hard to do?
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2 months ago | 
parkinsonsnewstoday.com | Christine Scheer |Lindsey Shapiro |Andrea Lobo |Marisa Wexler
“Parkinson’s is like falling in love — without the love.”I saw this quote on social media a few months ago, and it made me chuckle. I thought it would be good to share with you this Valentine’s Day, as I’ve been thinking about falls quite a bit lately. Our farmyard is terrifyingly slippery due to ice buildup from this exceptionally endless winter we’ve been having here in Ontario, Canada. I don’t want to fall.
