In this audio from our Third Thursdays Webinar, Rachel Dolhun, MD, senior vice president of medical communications at The Michael J. Fox Foundation leads a discussion on thinking and memory changes that can happen in Parkinson’s disease.
Panelists include:
- Melissa Armstrong, MD, MSc, FAAN, who explains different parts of cognition including executive function, language and memory and highlights the value of exercise for boosting brain health.
- Lenora Higginbotham, MD, who offers strategies to ease cognitive changes as well as advice for care partners.
- Steve Brody, who shares what has helped him navigate a diagnosis of Lewy body dementia.
Dr. Dolhun also notes that the Foundation’s landmark study, the Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative, is recruiting people with and without Parkinson’s. Learn more here.
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