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Getting Dressed More Easily with Parkinson’s Disease
December 20, 2023
… Editor’s note: This guest blog, written by Karlee Pringle and … help people with Parkinson’s dress more safely and easily. How can assistive devices help individuals with Parkinson’s disease with dressing? Common symptoms of Parkinson’s such as tremors, involuntary …
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Tests for Parkinson's within Reach
August 15, 2018
… Today there are more therapies to slow or stop Parkinson's … continually unraveling the biologic basis of the disease. However it takes a truly collaborative effort to deliver on … have a trove of information to mine and the ability to compare across studies. Much of this progress happened …
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Tour de Fox Journal: The Road Gets Rough
July 2, 2015
… and MJFF staffer, Sam Fox, has spent the first month of Tour de Fox riding more than 2,000 miles on his bike and … and mental challenges he meets along the way, and what gets him to the top of the next peak. “On trips like this, … have, and as long as I can move I’m sure I always will. However, as the miles, sun burns, bruises and sleep deficit …
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Help Us Advocate to Expand Access to High-Quality Care for Parkinson's Patients
June 11, 2024
… J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) , we know how critical access to high-quality health care providers, tests and therapies … prescribes a drug treatment, the patient’s health insurance company may deny coverage and instead require them to try …
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Hiroshi Okano's Advice for Getting Involved in Clinical Trials
March 3, 2015
… yet detected his own tremor. Five months later, he went to a doctor who said it could be Parkinson’s disease. At … important. Without those markers, “you don’t know if you’re getting better or you’re getting worse,” he said. Hiroshi’s … your caregiver to discuss it with your doctor . Kitty accompanies Hiroshi to all of his appointments. Having her …