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Podcast on the Future of Biomarkers in Lewy Body Dementia and Other Dementias

August 18, 2025 By Parkinson's Community Help

This August 2025 podcast from RSNA’s Radiology Journal addresses biomarkers (blood, imaging, and cerebrospinal fluid) for Lewy body dementia and other dementias. While the audience for the podcast is healthcare professionals, the content may be of interest to our lay community. The speakers included Dr. Kathleen Poston, chief of the movement disorders division at Stanford and co-director of the Lewy Body Dementia Association Research Center of Excellence at Stanford.

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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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