From the American Parkinson Disease Association, Northwest Chapter (APDA NW), Tuesday, September 20:
This Thursday, September 22, the Parkinson’s community will come together for a National Day of Action to educate Congress about The National Plan to End Parkinson’s Act and encourage senators and representatives to sign their respective chamber’s bill as co-sponsor.
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Regardless of where you live in the country, these resources provide you with driving self-assessment methods, help you maximize safety on the road, and find transportation alternatives to driving. Our California Driving Resources page provides similar information specific to California.
Find information on how Parkinson’s affects driving, tips to help you discuss with a loved one that it may be time for them to stop driving, and how doctors assess a person’s ability to drive safety on our Driving and PD page.
Parkinson’s Europe has many interesting online stories about those with young onset PD.
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Lisa Kim talks to Stanford Medicine researcher Peter Tass, MD, PhD, and patients about his promising treatment for Parkinson’s — a vibrating glove.
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Dr. Peter Tass, a professor of neurosurgery at Stanford, has been developing a vibrating glove treatment for Parkinson’s Disease for decades. A local TV station recently talked to Dr. Tass about his research.
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