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7 Ways to Help Fatigue in Parkinson's Disease
August 21, 2015
… symptom. It can feel both physical and mental, from lack of sleep as well as from apathy , another common symptom. Pain from symptoms like rigidity can make falling asleep more difficult. Insomnia is also common with … make tiredness during the day worse. Insomnia and daytime sleepiness can also be side effects of Parkinson's …
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My Research Journey: I Don’t Have Parkinson’s, but I’m Helping Researchers Get to the Bottom of It
March 10, 2022
… and his wife, Holly. Terry Goldin, 68, lives with REM sleep behavior disorder, which is when you act out dreams while asleep. It’s a risk factor for Parkinson’s disease, and many … (PPMI) is now recruiting people who act out dreams while asleep. Get started today . Things that go bump in the night …
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My Research Journey: From Falling Out of Bed to Participating in a Parkinson’s Study
September 26, 2022
… Linda “I’ve hurt myself falling out of bed, while still asleep, and that is what scared my wife,” says Otis Peeples, … sergeant living in Chicago, Illinois. After having these sleep issues for some time, his wife, Linda, encouraged Otis to see a doctor to understand what was going on. A sleep study confirmed he had REM sleep behavior disorder …
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Bradley F. Boeve, MD
… with subspecialty training in behavioral neurology and sleep medicine. He is interested in the clinical, … including Alzheimer’s disease, Lewy body disease, REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD), frontotemporal lobar …
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Russell Foster, PhD
… Russell Foster is a renowned researcher in circadian and sleep neurobiology with a long-standing focus on how light … his research to include a mechanistic understanding of sleep and circadian rhythm disruption across the health …
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Parkinson’s Disease and Acting Out Your Dreams (Ask the MD Podcast)
March 30, 2022
… Acting out dreams — yelling, kicking or punching during sleep — is called REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD). RBD can, in some people, be …