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Getting Better Sleep with Parkinson's
… Sleep is essential to brain health, but for many people with Parkinson’s, it doesn’t … Tips for Parkinson’s: How to Improve Rest and Boost Brain Health Getting restful sleep isn’t always easy, especially … your sleep-wake cycle. Eat well to support sleep. A healthy diet throughout the day — especially limiting …
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MJFF’s Dr. Rachel Dolhun (Virtually) Presents Guide on Navigating Thinking and Memory Changes at Alzheimer’s Association International Conference
July 30, 2020
… with Lewy bodies; Steps and activities to boost brain health; Practical tips to open the conversation about … a discussion to lessen fear and improve care or practicing healthy habits to boost brain health. There’s a lot you can do today about cognitive …
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Ask the MD: The Role of a Social Worker in Parkinson’s Care
August 5, 2019
… people with Parkinson’s and their families navigate the health care system, work through common disease transitions … is a social worker? Amy Chesire (AC): Social workers are health care professionals who work with people of all ages … out in- or out-of-home care services (such as a home health aide, social day program or temporary respite) and …
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The Scientist: Promises, Promises
December 1, 2009
… the new genetics could help reduce homelessness by tackling mental illness is perhaps fresh enough to make biologists’ … as we know them at the hand of pandemics or environmental catastrophe. And yet we are still here, in defiance … on gene therapy convened by the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s then-director Harold Varmus concluded: …
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The Role of White Matter Pathology in the Development of the Postural Instability and Gait Disturbance (PIGD) Type of Parkinson's Disease (PD)-1
… Society for Posture and Gait Research) and Gait & Mental Function, Norway, June, 2012 1. Towards the …
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Catching up with Team Fox Member Kerry Twibell
January 23, 2012
… takes about seven hours and is the most physically and mentally taxing… it takes everything you have inside of you …