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Stanford Medicine: How sleep affects mental health (and vice versa): What the science says

August 12, 2025 By Parkinson's Community Help

source: Adobe Stock/Maridav

Stanford Medicine researchers explain how sleep influences our moods and the ‘bidirectional’ nature of that relationship — plus how we can repair broken slumber to improve our mental health.

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MedPageToday: Stem Cell Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease Reality Check

August 7, 2025 By Parkinson's Community Help

Prof. Roger Barker
Prof. Roger Barker

In this recent (July 2025) Medscape talk, Prof. Roger Barker, professor of clinical neuroscience at the University of Cambridge in England, spoke about stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s. 

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MedPageToday: Ozzy Osbourne Shined a Light on Parkinson’s Stigma

August 4, 2025 By Parkinson's Community Help

By speaking out, ‘The Prince of Darkness’ lightened the load for others

Ozzy Osbourne
source: MedPageToday

Ozzy Osbourne was best known for two things: his shape-shifting resilience as a pioneer of heavy metal music and, most recently, his remarkable authenticity during his public journey with Parkinson’s disease.

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LA Times: Bill Plaschke – I’m fighting Parkinson’s one punch at a time

August 4, 2025 By Parkinson's Community Help

Bill Plaschke participates in a boxing class for people with Parkinson’s disease at Kaizen Martial Arts Studio.
Bill Plaschke; Credit: Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times

Outside of this small gym in a nondescript office park in Monrovia, they are elderly people dealing with the motion-melting nightmare that is Parkinson’s disease.

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People with ‘young brains’ outlive ‘old-brained’ peers, Stanford Medicine scientists find

July 10, 2025 By Parkinson's Community Help

organs in teh human body
credit: Tobias Wüstefeld

Stanford Medicine recently published an article about fascinating research into using the biological age of organs (a measure of our physiological condition) to understand the likelihood of developing age-related disorders, such as heart disease, kidney disease, and Alzheimer’s disease. 

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