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NY Times: Exercise Boosts Brain Health, But You Have to Stick to It
January 11, 2013
… it or lose it. That's the advice of researchers delving into how long the " brain-boosting " effects of exercise last. The verdict: For improved brain health, you have to maintain a fitness regime. Over the past year we've … running wheels. Rats enjoy that activity and, for a week, they enthusiastically skittered on their wheels. The animals …
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What We Fund: $62.4M for Tools to Track PD and Therapies to Treat It
January 9, 2026
… The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) announces 108 grants totaling $62.4 million awarded in October and November 2025. … Foundation funds research that improves understanding of how the disease develops, making targets clearer, drug … more strategic. That de-risking encourages pharmaceutical companies to invest in next-generation treatments that will …
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New Ruling Supports Veterans with Parkinson's Disease
January 13, 2017
… so the new administration can review them. This VA ruling is not frozen and it will take effect on March 14, … can make changes. The Foundation will keep the community updated if this ruling is altered in any way. On … of Veterans Affairs (VA) issued a ruling making it easier for certain former service members with Parkinson's disease …
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Changes in Mitochondrial DNA as Diagnostic and Progression Biomarkers of Parkinson's Disease
… Study Rationale: Biomarkers, or objective measures, of Parkinson's disease (PD) could help identify individuals … studies, changes in DNA, such as hydroxymethylation -- the attachment of chemical hydroxymethyl -- can serve as PD … in mitochondria. These will represent biological changes in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), miniature DNA inside each of the …
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A Privilege to Participate
October 17, 2019
… It makes sense that Diane Winiarski, 65, is over-the-top enthusiastic about participating in Fox Insight and its accompanying collaboration with 23andMe. Fox Insight aims to … and act on any complaints, among other things,” she says. Now, Winiarski is a research participant herself, since her …
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Marching to a Different Beat
July 9, 2012
… with Young Onset Parkinson’s at age 47, but her symptoms began in her late 30′s. Having always been an optimist, … school held a band camp. The first thing they taught us was how to march, not how to play anything, just how to march. … to walk normally. I was already doing Treadmill exercises recommended by another speaker at the same Conference, so I …