Este mes de Agosto, la reunión del Grupo de Parkinson en Español de la Universidad de Stanford, se realizará de forma conjunta con la Biblioteca de Salud de Stanford. La Dra. Carla Abdelnour explicará en qué consisten los ensayos clínicos, y cómo nos ayudan a desarrollar medicamentos de forma segura y eficaz.
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A great way to help your neurologist better understand your symptoms is to keep close track of what you’re experiencing and when. The American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) developed the free APDA Symptom Tracker mobile app to do just that.
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This month the Stanford Parkinson’s Community Outreach Program hosted a lunch for former PD caregivers who attended our support groups. Those in attendance had lost their loved one from one week to four years ago.
We asked them to share their thoughts on a few questions to benefit current PD caregivers. Here are the questions we asked our lunch attendees and their wise advice:
In July 2024, Parkinson Canada hosted a webinar on stress and Parkinson’s disease. The webinar featured guest speakers Kim Mortson and Dr. Rick Helmich. Kim was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2018 and spoke about her experience managing stress and practicing gratitude. Dr. Helmich, a movement disorder specialist in the Netherlands, focused on the effects of stress on Parkinson’s. The speakers offered practical advice for managing stress.
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The recent FDA approvals for donanemab (Kinsunla®) and lecanemab (Leqembi®) for the treatment of Alzheimer’s mark a major step forward for dementia research. While these treatments focus on Alzheimer’s, they offer hope for Parkinson’s disease as well.
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