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2023 Update: COVID-19 and Parkinson’s Disease

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2023 Update: New Parkinson’s Disease Treatments in the Clinical Trial Pipeline

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A Discussion with Parkinson’s Disease Care Partners

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A Discussion with Tim Hague

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A New Perspective on Being a PD Care Partner

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A Post-COVID World With Parkinson’s Disease

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A Proposed Biological Staging System for Parkinson’s disease

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Advice on Cognitive Challenges for Individuals Living with Parkinson’s Disease

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Alpha-synuclein – then and now, with Dr. Alice Lazzarini

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American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting 2019 – Highlights

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Answering Your Questions about Parkinson’s disease and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

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Anti-cholinergic Drugs – A Risk Factor For Dementia?

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Apathy and Parkinson’s Disease

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APDA ANNOUNCES $1.7 MILLION IN NEW PARKINSON’S DISEASE RESEARCH GRANTS. FUNDING ENABLES 10 RESEARCHERS TO CONDUCT IMPACTFUL RESEARCH.

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APDA Announces Funding For 2020-2021 Research Grants

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APDA attends the International Congress of Parkinson’s disease and Movement disorders

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APDA Helped Unlock the Mysteries of Genes that Cause Parkinson’s Disease

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APDA Proudly Supports New 2023 – 2024 Parkinson’s Research

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APDA Salutes Parkinson’s Disease Care Partners

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APDA-funded Breakthroughs in Parkinson’s Research

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APDA-Funded Parkinson’s Research Successes: 2022 Update

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APDA’s Diversity in Parkinson’s Disease Research Conference 2019

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APDA’s Grassroots Network: APDA Chapters

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APDA’s Grassroots Network: APDA Information & Referral Centers

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APDA’s National Rehabilitation Resource Center: In conversation with Dr. Terry Ellis

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APDA’s Newly Funded 2023 Research Awardees

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Are there different types of Parkinson’s disease?

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Art as Therapy in Parkinson’s disease

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Best Diet Tips to Help Your Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms

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Bone health and Parkinson’s disease

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Botulinum toxin (botox) injections – can they help your symptoms of Parkinson’s disease?

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Boxing for Parkinson’s Disease

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Bringing Parkinson’s awareness to the big screen: John’s story

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Building Your Parkinson’s Disease Care Team

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Can’t get to the Parkinson’s clinic? It may soon be coming to you

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Carbidopa/Levodopa: Side Effects, Dosages, and More

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Clinical Trial Obstacles & How They’re Being Addressed

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Cognition and Parkinson’s Disease Q&A

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Cognitive decline in Parkinson’s disease – is there anything we can do about it?

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Cognitive Fluctuations in Parkinson’s Disease

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Cognitive Rehabilitation for Parkinson’s Disease

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Common Questions from Parkinson’s Caregivers

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Could this be due to Parkinson’s Disease? Uncommon non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease

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Determining Symptoms: Is it Parkinson’s Disease or Aging?

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Drug-induced parkinsonism

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Early disease detection: An Interview with APDA Researcher Dr. Mohammad Shahnawaz

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Early signs of Parkinson’s disease

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Educating yourself about Parkinson’s Disease

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Employment and Parkinson’s disease

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EXERCISING SAFELY AT HOME: HOW TO STAY MOVING IN A VIRTUAL WORLD

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Exploring Deep Brain Stimulation & Focused Ultrasound for Parkinson’s Disease

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Exploring the Variations of Carbidopa/Levodopa: The Mainstay of Parkinson’s Disease Treatment

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Fighting Parkinson’s Disease Around the World – Highlights from the World Parkinson Congress

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Finger twitching as a possible first symptom of Parkinson’s

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Five Myths About Levodopa

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Gene therapy for Parkinson’s disease

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Genes, Stem cells and Alpha-synuclein: An Interview with APDA Researcher Dr. Vikram Khurana

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Genetic Mutations that Contribute to Parkinson’s Disease Risk: An Interview with APDA Researcher Dr. Giulietta Riboldi

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Genetic Research in Under-studied Populations: An Interview with APDA Researcher, Dr. Karen Nuytemans

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Get to Know the APDA Centers for Advanced Research

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Handwriting & Parkinson’s Disease

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Highlights from APDA-funded Parkinson’s Research: 2023 Update

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Highlights from the 2021 AAN Annual Meeting

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Highlights from the International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders 2024

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Highlights from the Movement Disorder Society Virtual Congress 2021

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Highlights From The Movement Disorders Society Virtual Congress 2020

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Holy Smoke! The connection between cigarettes and Parkinson’s disease

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How can focused ultrasound help PD symptoms?

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How many people in the US have Parkinson’s disease?

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How Parkinson’s Disease Researchers Get Funding for Their Work

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Impaired Balance and Falls in People with Parkinson’s Disease

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Improving Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s: An Interview with ADPA Researcher, Dr. Enrico Opri

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Improving Deep Brain Stimulation: An Interview with APDA Researcher Dr. Aasef Shaikh

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Impulsive-compulsive behaviors in Parkinson’s disease

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Interactions between Levodopa and food – What to Avoid

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Interview with ESPN founder Bill Rasmussen

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Introducing A Closer Look

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Introducing a new series “Parkinson’s Disease: Planning for the What-Ifs”

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Is Pain a Symptom of Parkinson’s Disease?

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Let’s talk about Augmentative and Alternative Communication and Parkinson’s disease

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Let’s talk about brain donation

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Let’s talk about Driving and Parkinson’s disease

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Let’s Talk About Home Modifications and Parkinson’s Disease

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Let’s Talk About Palliative Care and Parkinson’s disease

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Let’s talk about talking with Parkinson’s disease

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Lewy Bodies, Dementia, and Parkinson’s – What Does it all Mean?

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Light Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease

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Limited Expressions: Facial Masking and Parkinson’s Disease

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Listen to your gut – what is the gastrointestinal tract telling us about Parkinson’s disease?

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Lower back pain and Parkinson’s disease

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Maintaining your mental health during the COVID-19 crisis

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Making Hope Possible: American Parkinson Disease Association Supports Researchers With $2.6 Million in New Funding

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Medicinal plants, herbal remedies, and supplements for Parkinson’s disease symptoms 

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Meet Dr. Abby Olsen, an APDA-Funded Researcher Studying Parkinson’s Genes in Glial “Helper” Cells

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Meet Dr. Stephan Grimaldi: an APDA-funded Researcher Working to Use MRI Imaging as a Possible Biomarker for Early Parkinson’s Disease

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Menopause & PD: An Interview with APDA Researcher Dr. Roberta Marongiu

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More medications to avoid in Parkinson’s disease?

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Mucuna pruriens – a natural remedy for Parkinson’s disease?

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Music Therapy for Parkinson’s disease

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Neuroinflammation in Parkinson’s disease: An Interview with ADPA Researcher, Dr. Edward Griffin

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New and innovative Parkinson’s disease research being funded by APDA

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New laboratory tests for Parkinson’s Disease

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New Treatments for Parkinson’s Disease

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Nia Technique, Alexander Technique, and Feldenkrais Method: Mindful movement-based practices for Parkinson’s disease

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Occupational Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease: Tips and Tricks

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Other causes of tremor besides Parkinson’s disease

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Parenting with Parkinson’s Disease

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Parkinson’s Disease & Risk of Cancer

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Parkinson’s Disease in African Americans: Interview with Parkinson’s Researcher, Dr. Tao Xie

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Parkinson’s Disease Virtual Technological Innovations

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Parkinson’s and Nutrition, Exercise & Physical Therapy: Your questions answered!

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Parkinson’s Disease & Body Temperature Regulation

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Parkinson’s Disease & the Gut

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Parkinson’s Disease & End of Life

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Parkinson’s Disease Advice From Those Who Have “Been There”

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Parkinson’s disease and preparing for surgery

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Parkinson’s Partners: Introducing Medical Students to Parkinson’s disease

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Parkinson’s Questions on Tremor, Prognosis, & Progression Answered

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Parkinson’s Research Pipeline: Medication for Cognition on the Horizon

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PD and the microbiome

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Peripheral neuropathy and Parkinson’s disease

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Personality Changes and Parkinson’s Disease

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Planning for the What ifs – Falls, Extreme Immobility and Swallowing Difficulties

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Planning for the What Ifs – Mental Health Concerns in Advanced Parkinson’s Disease

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Planning for the What Ifs – Multiple System Atrophy

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Planning for the What Ifs – Progressive supranuclear palsy and corticobasal degeneration

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Planning for the What Ifs: Navigating the Future

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Planning for the What-Ifs — Mental health concerns in advanced PD – psychosis and behavioral problems

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Planning for the What-Ifs: Bowel and Bladder Issues in Advanced Parkinson’s Disease

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Planning for the What-Ifs: Sleep disorders in Advanced Parkinson’s Disease

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Posture problems in Parkinson’s Disease

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Practical Tips on Living Well with Parkinson’s Disease from our PD Community

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Predicting the Progression of Parkinson’s Disease

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Preventing the Accumulation of alpha-synuclein: An Interview with ADPA Researcher, Dr. April Darling

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Probiotics and Parkinson’s Disease

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Questions About Blood Pressure Control & Parkinson’s Disease 

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Questions About Urinary Dysfunction & Parkinson’s Disease

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Questions About Vision & Parkinson’s Disease

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Questions on Sex, Intimacy & Parkinson’s Disease

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Questions to ask your doctor when you are first diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease

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Repurposing medications for Parkinson’s disease

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Research Progress: APDA-funded research at the International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders

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Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) and its Role in Parkinson’s Disease (PD) and Levodopa-induced Dyskinesias

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Sleep Issues and Parkinson’s Disease Q&A

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Something on your Mind? Mental Health & Parkinson’s disease

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Spring Arrives at APDA: the Scientific Advisory Board Meeting

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STAY SUPPORTED AND CONNECTED FROM ANYWHERE

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Sweating and other skin problems in people with Parkinson’s disease

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Telemedicine & Parkinson’s Disease

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The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Annual Meeting – Parkinson’s Disease Updates

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The complicated world of genetic testing for Parkinson’s disease

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The Effects of the MIND and Mediterranean Diets on Parkinson’s Disease

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The Future of Parkinson’s Disease Treatments

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The Future of Parkinson’s Disease Treatments – UPDATE

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The Future of Parkinson’s Disease Treatments – What’s New?

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The Heart of The Matter: Cardiovascular Effects of Parkinson’s Disease

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The Link between Parkinson’s disease and diabetes

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The Parkinson’s Disease Care Team & the Important Role of Social Workers

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The Relationship Between Pesticides and Parkinson’s

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The relationship between stress, anxiety and Parkinson’s disease

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The Role of Certain Diets for People with Parkinson’s disease

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The Role of Inflammation in Parkinson’s disease

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The Search for a Parkinson’s disease Biomarker

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The Smell of Parkinson’s disease

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The use of acupuncture and massage for Parkinson’s disease

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Therapies for non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease in clinical trials

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To disclose or not to disclose: that is the question

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Tracking the Impact of APDA-funded Parkinson’s Research

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Tracking the Impact: 2023 APDA-funded Parkinson’s Research

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Traumatic Brain Injury and Parkinson’s

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Trichloroethylene and Parkinson’s Disease Risk

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Understanding Atypical Parkinsonism

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Dopamine neurons derived from iPSCs from the lab of Xiaobo Mao, PhD

Understanding Stem Cell Therapy in Parkinson’s Disease Treatment

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Understanding the Benefits of Physical Therapy & Exercise for Parkinson’s Disease

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Understanding Weakness in Parkinson’s disease

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Unique Influences on Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms

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Uniting and Supporting the Black Parkinson’s Disease Community

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Update on COVID-19 and Parkinson’s disease

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Use of Cannabidiol (CBD) for PD symptoms

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Vaccines & Medications Targeting Alpha-Synuclein: Latest Parkinson’s Disease Research

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Vocal Therapy & More — Let’s Talk About LSVT

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Wearable devices that suppress Parkinson’s disease tremor

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What do virtual reality and menopause have in common? APDA’s new grants are announced

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What does a Movement Disorders Specialist do?

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What I wish I knew when I was first diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease

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What is a DaTscan and should I get one?

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What is dystonia and how does it relate to Parkinson’s disease?

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What is wearable technology and how can it help people with Parkinson’s disease?

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What types of exercise are best for people with Parkinson’s disease?

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What We Know (and Don’t Know) about Taking Particular Foods & Supplements for PD

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What we know about avoiding particular foods & supplements for Parkinson’s

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What We Know About Parkinson’s Disease in Women

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What Worsens Parkinson’s Disease’s Motor Symptoms?

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Where are they now? APDA’s research success

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Where are they now? APDA’s research success continued

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Where are they now? Past APDA Research Grant Awardees

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Why exercise is critical for people with Parkinson’s disease

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Why should I go to a Parkinson’s disease support group?

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World Parkinson Congress 2023 – Can you see yourself there?

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Young Onset Parkinson’s Disease: Bryan’s Story