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Someone once uttered the maxim, “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” If we apply that notion to stress we could say, “Everybody talks about stress, but nobody seems to do anything about it.” This seems particularly true when Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients and their…
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The first Parkinson’s patient has been dosed in a Phase 1 clinical trial that is testing IkT-148009, an investigational oral therapy being developed by Inhibikase Therapeutics to slow or stop disease progression. “We are pleased to begin dosing patients in our Phase 1b study,” Milton Werner, PhD,…
A grant from the Parkinson Voice Project will be used to enhance the training and resources available to speech language pathologists and graduate students with the RiteCare Center for Communication Disorders at Georgia Southern University. Such awards, whose sum was not disclosed, are given annually by Parkinson Voice Project (PVP) through…
Along with my fellow columnists at Parkinson’s News Today, I have previously written about the benefits of music and dance for those with Parkinson’s disease or other neurological conditions. Research has shown that dancing to music may slow the progression of both motor and non-motor symptoms by affecting gait,…
Mapping of a brain circuit that is of particular relevance to neurological diseases such as Parkinson’s and Huntington’s revealed key features about its architecture and information flow, a study in mice reported. This brain circuit involves a looping connection between the cortex, the basal ganglia, and the thalamus…
Columnist Dr. C was surprised to find a link between chronic runny nose and Parkinson’s disease, but now sees his rhinorrhea as a signal.
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