Dr. Rebecca Gilbert was the featured guest on this podcast and spoke about the symptoms of PD, her experiences with PD patients, and the need for APDA’s guide to intimacy for PD, ParkinSex.
APDA’s president and CEO, Leslie A. Chambers joined the Aging Today podcast as a special guest and spoke about PD, how APDA can help people throughout the PD journey, and much more.
The Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) is working on a conceptual plan to create the Parkinson’s Center of Excellence which will focus on creating a cure for Parkinson’s disease by 2040. APDA’s Dr. Rebecca Gilbert comments about PD and PD research.
APDA’s Leslie A. Chambers and Dr. Rebecca Gilbert comment on the importance of intimacy for people with PD and APDA’s ParkinSex resource that can help people reconnect and rebuild intimacy.
Student entrepreneurs at Northwestern University invented a pen set that allows Parkinson’s disease patients to write again despite the tremors of the disease. Dr. Gilbert comments on PD’s impact on writing and the unique nature of this product.
A recently released study looks at the experimental drug PB2001 which looks to be effective, but with less daytime sleepiness. Dr. Gilbert weighs in on the pros and cons.
Dr. Gilbert comments on a large new study that confirmed a laboratory test analyzing brain and spinal cord fluid for clumps of a protein called alpha-synuclein can accurately detect Parkinson’s disease, even in people without symptoms such as tremor and slowed or limited movement.
As part of a World Parkinson’s Day video campaign, Dr. Gilbert spoke with touchIME about the treatment options for this disease, the challenges of the non-motor symptoms and promising future therapies. View the video.
