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What I Know to Be True
August 11, 2015
… Editor’s Note: John M. Baumann is a motivational speaker and … than 15 years, and this is what I know to be true: Time is precious. Each of us (with and without Parkinson’s) needs to … your inner strength to eat healthy, exercise beyond your comfort zone, and stay engaged with what and who you love …
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Using Virtual Reality to Understand and Treat Freezing of Gait
… Study Rationale: Freezing of gait, an episodic inability to initiate movement, is a leading reason for loss of … lies in eliciting this symptom during clinical or research visits. We propose to use the only platform that effectively combines virtual and physical worlds to re-create scenarios …
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Overcoming Underrepresentation to Improve Generalizability in Fox Insight
… with Parkinson disease (PD) about their overall health, symptoms and well-being. Unfortunately, certain groups of individuals — such as people of color and low-income patients — have been found to be less likely to participate in research studies overall. Such underrepresentation could mean that the volunteers in Fox Insight …
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Dopaminergic Neurogenesis: From Development to Stem Cell Replacement Therapies
… brain region, the ventral midbrain. The cells loss leads to the loss of dopamine in areas where these neurons project and to an inadequate control … the dead cells with new dopaminergic neurons, to overcome the cell loss and attenuate and even eliminate … Community Fast Track …
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A Family’s Commitment to Accelerating a Cure
June 22, 2017
… The Tour de Fox Series is comprised of five cycling events that bring together the Parkinson’s community with a goal of raising over $1.5 million for Parkinson's …
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Changing Perspective to Change Lives
August 6, 2018
… (PD). Bruce shared his experience with PD and asked us to tell his story in his own words. Read on to learn how … thinking about the future can be frightening. This fear can prevent us from doing great things, and inhibit us from helping our family, friends and communities. But I know firsthand the other lessons …