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Stanford Parkinson’s Information & Referral Center Accepts County Proclamation – April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month

April 23, 2019 By Parkinson's Community Help

Today, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors declared April to be Parkinson’s Awareness Month.  In April alone, nearly 5,000 people in the US will learn they have Parkinson’s.  Robin Riddle with the American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) Information & Referral Center at Stanford accepted the proclamation and spoke about the challenges of Parkinson’s Disease. 

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APDA: Cognitive Decline in Parkinson’s Disease

April 22, 2019 By Parkinson's Community Help

In this recent blog post on the American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) website, movement disorder specialist Dr. Rebecca Gilbert discusses the cognitive skills most frequently affected in PD — attention, working memory, executive function, memory, language, and visual reasoning.  Of course changes in the cognitive skills concern those with PD, their family members, and friends.

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Freezing of Gait in Parkinson’s Disease: APDA Blog Post

April 11, 2019 By Parkinson's Community Help

In this recent blog post on the American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) website, movement disorder specialist Dr. Rebecca Gilbert discusses what is freezing of gait, why it happens, tips, strategies, and walking devices that can help, as well as potential future treatments.

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Scientific American: A New Way to Detect Parkinson’s—by Smell

April 11, 2019 By Parkinson's Community Help

Scent has been used as a diagnostic tool by physicians for thousands of years. But smell tests are not common in modern medicine—when’s the last time you were smelled by your doctor or received a batch of smell results back from the lab? Now, new research suggests that odors can be used to screen for Parkinson’s disease, which currently is without a definitive diagnostic.

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Stanford Specialist to Discuss Fall Prevention Strategies, Palo Alto, April 10

April 2, 2019 By Parkinson's Community Help

Ellen Corman, manager of Stanford Health Care’s Farewell to Falls program, will be speaking about “Fall Prevention in Parkinson’s, Other Movement Disorders, and For Us All” at the Palo Alto/Menlo Park Parkinson’s Support Group on Wednesday, April 10, from 2:30-4:00pm at Avenidas in Palo Alto. No RSVP is required to attend. Falls are the leading cause of hospitalizations and nursing home rehabilitation stays for those living with Parkinson’s disease. Come learn strategies to prevent falls including the importance of exercise, managing medications and exploring minor home modifications.

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Please Participate – Survey of the Financial and Social Impact of PD and Atypical Parkinsonism

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“What I Didn’t Say” a Play About the Emotions Around Parkinson’s, April 13, 3pm, Sebastopol

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Former PD Caregiver and Author of “Love, Dignity, and Parkinson’s” Terri Pease, PhD, March 5, 2:30pm PT

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