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“If You Can’t Communicate, You Are Very Isolated”: At-Home Voice Training Software Helps Parkinson’s Patients Improve Speech
September 4, 2013
… While almost 90 percent of PD patients experience speech problems, such as reduced volume and pitch range and trouble … they may say no when asked if they have any voice problems, but they’ll report their spouse often asks them to …
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MJFF Conference Highlights Progress in Parkinson’s Research
November 12, 2015
… seen in pre-clinical testing did not cause breathing problems and were reversible. “There is a path forward for … (disease indicators) for cognitive (memory and thinking) problems in Parkinson’s. Kathleen Poston, MD, MS, Stanford … and time-consuming) to look for patterns of cognitive problems. She and her colleagues wanted to see if a single …
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The PARKFIT Study: Effectiveness of an Active Lifestyle Promotion Program for Patients with Parkinson’s disease
… or diabetes mellitus. Second, this might reduce specific PD problems such as bone fractures due to osteoporosis, depression or sleep disturbances. Exercise may also postpone cognitive …
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Crossing the Lines Between Parkinson's and Alzheimer's
February 5, 2014
… than 1,000 participants, including people without memory problems, individuals who may be at risk of developing … people with Parkinson’s risk factors: smell loss, REM sleep behavior disorder and certain genetic mutations. Both …
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Parkinson’s Institute LRRK2 Cohort: Clinical Phenotype, Pre/Non-Motor and Environmental Risk Assessment
… as neurological status, cognition, psychological status, sleep, autonomic symptoms, sense of smell, and color vision. …
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The Appendix and Parkinson's: 'It's a Piece to the Puzzle'
November 2, 2018
… from constipation, loss of smell, low blood pressure and sleep disorders such as acting out their dreams, says Rachel …