Register now for the MSA Symposium, taking place on Saturday, May 4! Co-hosts are Stanford’s Movement Disorders Center and Brain Support Network. This is a hybrid event — some attending in-person on Stanford’s campus and many attending virtually. Everyone is welcome — those with MSA, caregivers, family members, friends, home care aides, healthcare professionals, and anyone in the community interested in learning more about multiple system atrophy.
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Those who regularly act out their dreams should see a physician and undergo a sleep study to uncover the underlying reason for their behavior, experts say. … Researchers say that dream enactment can indicate health issues, one of the most common and serious being the future onset of Parkinson’s disease. Wes Mills started acting out his dreams more than 10 years before his first tremor appeared. Other common conditions that can lead to dream enactment are obstructive sleep apnea and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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El 28 de febrero de 2024, Stanford Neurology y Brain Support Network organizaron un seminario web en español sobre la demencia por la enfermedad de Parkinson y por demencia con cuerpos de Lewy (DCL). La doctora Carla Abdelnour, becaria postdoctoral de la Universidad de Stanford, brindó una descripción general de los síntomas y el tratamiento de la demencia de ambos enfermedades. Estas son notas de su presentación. Leer más…
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Join Stanford and UCSF for a free educational event for two under-served communities – the African American Parkinson’s community and the Latinx Parkinson’s community. There will be simultaneous sessions (different rooms) in English and Spanish. The event will be held on Saturday, May 18, 2024, 10am to 2pm, in Oakland. Register today!
… Full Story>Stanford y UCSF organizan un evento educativo gratuito para dos comunidades desatendidas: la comunidad afroamericana de Parkinson y la comunidad latina de Parkinson. Habrá sesiones simultáneas (en diferentes salas) en inglés y español. El evento se llevará a cabo el sábado 18 de mayo de 2024, de 10 a.m. a 2 p.m., en Oakland. ¡Regístrese hoy!
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