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Patient Advocacy Keeps Antidepressants Accessible to People with Parkinson's Disease
March 13, 2014
… announced it would not pursue a controversial proposal to remove antidepressants as a “protected class” under … these drugs from the protected classes would have limited access to the medications needed to treat a common co-morbidity of Parkinson's disease.” Read more about …
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Enhancing Access to Meaningful Data: Nebraska Parkinson’s Disease Registry
… that physicians participate in reporting, enhance the completeness and accuracy of existing data and establish … linkages with other internal and external data sets to validate and complement NPDR data. NPDR also seeks to … and active engagement with other PD entities will enhance access to meaningful data for use in evaluating PD …
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“Capturing Those Fleeting Moments Before They Pass” - Patient Council member Christopher Chadbourne’s Photography Featured on NPR
July 3, 2013
… Show” here and view his photography collection on his Web site . Christina Brdey …
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Effects of KCNQ (Kv7) Channel Openers in Levodopa-induced Dyskinesias
… drug with analgesic and anxiolytic effects, is an opener of neuronal Kv7 potassium channels. These channels (formely known as KCNQ or M-channels) are important for … project is to examine if chronic treatment with retigabine (combined with levodopa) is effective and may delay or even …
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Studying Microglia Produced from Cell Lines Obtained from the Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative
… We have previously studied how different genetic variants associated with Parkinson’s disease (PD) affect dopamine neurons, which are the brain cells that degenerate in this disease. However, we … Cellular Phenotyping in Human iPSCS from the PPMI Cohort … Mark Cookson, PhD …
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Our Work in Washington, D.C. on COVID-19: Supporting Vaccine Access for People with Parkinson’s and Increased Research
January 5, 2021
… COVID-19 vaccine updates have taken over news headlines and morning reports. … care residents. [Read more vaccine updates here . And for the most up-to-date information on COVID-19, be sure to … Vaccination for People with Parkinson’s The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is a CDC …