In late June, the Parkinson’s Foundation hosted a panel on what coping skills and adaptations people living with PD and their care team can use to make things easier. Stanford Parkinson’s Community Outreach attended the webinar and are sharing our notes.
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The next webinar in the American Parkinson Disease Association’s “Dr. Gilbert Hosts” series is focused on urinary dysfunction and PD. The guest speaker is Victor Nitti, MD, Professor of Urology and Obstetrics and Gynecology at UCLA Health. Register now for this webinar, which will take place on Wednesday, August 23, 12pm PT.
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The next webinar in the American Parkinson Disease Association’s “Dr. Gilbert Hosts” series is focused on genetic testing for PD. The guest speaker is Israel-based movement disorder specialist Dr. Roy Alcalay. Register now for this webinar, which will take place on Wednesday, July 19, 11am PT.
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The busyness of life with Parkinson’s disease (PD) can be enough to push intimacy to the back burner. When you add physical and emotional challenges of PD, connecting with your partner can become harder to do. Register now to for this APDA webinar, taking place on Monday, June 12, 10am PT, and learn how to keep physical and emotional intimacy from falling by the wayside.
Too often health and medical news reporting is unreliable, at best – ten years ago one study found nearly 90% of all health news stories contained inaccurate information, and it’s only gotten more difficult since then to sort out the useful information from hype, advertisements, or genuinely fake news. In the effort to make their stories catch readers’ eyes, journalists frequently mistake, exaggerate, or spin reports. Often reporters also miss details that make all the difference when it comes to transforming research findings into useful medical treatment.
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