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Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Parkinson’s Disease and the Gut

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Parkinson’s Disease and the Gut

Parkinson's Disease Handbook

Parkinson’s Disease Handbook

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

Café con la doctora: ¡Pregúntele a la doctora todo sobre la EP!

Café con la doctora: ¡Pregúntele a la doctora todo sobre la EP!

How We Can Help Publication

How We Can Help

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Mantente Activo y Aumenta tu Bienestar

2021 APDA Virtual Research Roundtable

2023 APDA Virtual Parkinson’s Conference

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2023 Update: COVID-19 and Parkinson’s Disease

Test Tubes in a Laboratory

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

A Discussion with Parkinson’s Disease Care Partners

A Discussion with Tim Hague

A New Perspective on Being a PD Care Partner

A Post-COVID World With Parkinson’s Disease

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A Proposed Biological Staging System for Parkinson’s disease

Additional Update to Helping Those Who Serve

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

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

American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting 2019 – Highlights

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

Anti-cholinergic Drugs – A Risk Factor For Dementia?

Anuncio de servicio público APDA “Mira más de cerca”

Anxiety & Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in PD from the 2023 APDA Virtual Parkinson’s Conference

Apathy and Parkinson’s Disease

APDA “Look Closer” Public Service Announcement

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

APDA Announces Funding For 2020-2021 Research Grants

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

APDA Diversity in Parkinson’s Disease Research Roundtable

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

APDA Let’s Keep Moving: Be Active at Home: Exercise tips for people with PD

APDA Let’s Keep Moving: How to Stay Motivated for Physical Activity with Social Distancing

Technicians Carrying Out Research In Laboratory

APDA Proudly Supports New 2023 – 2024 Parkinson’s Research

APDA Q&A on COVID-19 with Dr. Rebecca Gilbert & Leslie A. Chambers

APDA Research Video

APDA Salutes Parkinson’s Disease Care Partners

APDA West Coast Educational Forum – Irvine, CA (2018)

APDA West Coast Educational Forum Videos (2017)

APDA-funded Breakthroughs in Parkinson’s Research

APDA-Funded Parkinson’s Research Successes: 2022 Update

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

APDA’s Grassroots Network: APDA Chapters

APDA’s Grassroots Network: APDA Information & Referral Centers

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

APDA’s Newly Funded 2023 Research Awardees

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Are there different types of Parkinson’s disease?

Art as Therapy in Parkinson’s disease

Ask Us Anything: A Panel Conversation With Care Partners from the 2023 APDA Virtual Parkinson’s Conference

Ask us Anything: A Panel Conversation With People With PD from the 2023 APDA Virtual Parkinson’s Conference

Be Active: Parkinson’s Disease Exercise Guide

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Becoming a Care Partner

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Best Diet Tips to Help Your Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms

Big Step for Parkinson’s: Q&A About the National Plan to End Parkinson’s Act

Bone health and Parkinson’s disease

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

Boxing for Parkinson’s Disease

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

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Building Your Parkinson’s Disease Care Team

Café con el doctor: Síntomas gastrointestinales y la enfermedad de Parkinson

Café con la doctora: ¡Pregúntele a la doctora todo sobre la EP!

Café con la doctora: bienestar emocional con la EP: estado de ánimo, motivación y compulsividad

Café con la doctora: El sueño y la enfermedad de Parkinson

Café con la doctora: Hablemos sobre los medicamentos para manejar la enfermedad de Parkinson

Café con la doctora: La disfunción autonómica y la enfermedad de Parkinson

Cambios cognitivos en la enfermedad de Parkinson – Cognitive Changes

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

Carbidopa/Levodopa: Side Effects, Dosages, and More

Clinical Trial Obstacles & How They’re Being Addressed

Cognition and Parkinson’s Disease Q&A

Cognitive Changes in Parkinson’s Disease

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

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Cognitive Fluctuations in Parkinson’s Disease

Cognitive Rehabilitation for Parkinson’s Disease

Common Questions from Parkinson’s Caregivers

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Communicating About Off Episodes With Your Doctor

Cómo comunicar a su médico el estado/fase “off” y la discinesia – Communicating About Off Episodes

Cómo Podemos Ayudar – How We Can Help

Como vivir con la enfermedad de Parkinson – Living Well with Parkinson’s Disease

Connecting Through Art from the 2023 APDA Virtual Parkinson’s Conference

Constipación y enfermedad de Parkinson – Constipation

Constipation & Parkinson’s Disease

Conversando con su médico sobre la fase “OFF” de la enfermedad de Parkinson

Conversando sobre los tratamientos para la enfermedad de Parkinson (Talking about treatments for Parkinson’s Disease)

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

Could This be PD? Less Common Symptoms of PD from the 2023 APDA Virtual Parkinson’s Conference

Dance for PD from the 2023 APDA Virtual Parkinson’s Conference

Depression and Parkinson’s Disease

Deterioro Cognitivo Leve en la Enfermedad de Parkinson – Mild Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson’s Dissease

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

Dr Gilbert Hosts: Introduction to Telemedicine

Dr Gilbert Hosts: Palliative Care for Parkinson’s Disease

Dr. Gilbert Hosts Stems Cells & Parkinson’s Disease with Dr Evan Snyder

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: A Discussion with Care Partners

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Advanced PD & COVID-19

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Advances in DBS with Dr. Alon Mogilner

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Advocacy & Parkinson’s Disease

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Ask the Doctor Anything

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Ask the Doctors Anything!

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Being a PD Caregiver with Lianna Marie

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Blood Pressure Control, Autonomic Dysfunction, & Parkinson’s Disease

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Cognition & Parkinson’s Disease

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: COVID-19 & the Underserved (Spanish)

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Dance for PD with David Leventhal

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: DBS & COVID-19

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Decades With PD: Ask Me Anything!

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Deep Brain Stimulation and Focused Ultrasound for Parkinson’s disease

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Dental Challenges & Parkinson’s Disease

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Diagnosing Parkinson’s Disease

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Exercise & Brain Health

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Gene Therapy and Parkinson’s Disease with Dr. Tim Greenamyre

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Genetics and PD with Dr. Clemens Scherzer MD

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: I Was Diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, Now What?

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Intentional Optimism with Bill Rasmussen

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: It’s Parkinson’s Awareness Month

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Life With Young Onset Parkinson’s Disease

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Managing Parkinson’s Medications

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Medication Management & COVID 19

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Medicinal Plants & Supplements in Parkinson’s Disease

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Meet Our APDA Researchers

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Mild Cognitive Impairment & Parkinson’s

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Nutrition & Parkinson’s Disease

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Parenting & Parkinson’s Disease

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Parkinson’s Disease & the Environment with Dr. Carlie Tanner

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Parkinson’s Disease and the Gut

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Parkinson’s Disease & the Veteran Community

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: PD & the African American Community

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: PD in the Black and African American Community

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Sex, Intimacy, & Parkinson’s Disease

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Sleep Issues & Parkinson’s Disease

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Taking Research From the Lab Into Our Lives

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: The Connection Between Parkinson’s & Alzheimer’s

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: The Many Forms of Carbidopa/Levodopa

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Treating the Mental Health Challenges of Parkinson’s Disease

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Urinary Dysfunction & Parkinson’s Disease

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Vision Changes & Parkinson’s Disease

Dr. Gilbert Hosts: Women & Parkinson’s Disease

Drug-induced parkinsonism

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

Early signs of Parkinson’s disease

Educating yourself about Parkinson’s Disease

Employment and Parkinson’s disease

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Enfermedad de Parkinson guía Informativa

Enfoques en la Enfermedad de Parkinson: Genética – ¿la enfermedad de Parkinson se hereda?

Enfoques en la Enfermedad de Parkinson: Genética – ¿la enfermedad de Parkinson se hereda?

Ensayos clínicos en la enfermedad de Parkinson: Lo que debe saber – Clinical Trials Factsheet

Everyday Helpful Hints to Improve the Quality of Life of Parkinson’s Disease Patients

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

Fact Sheet: Clinical Trials Brochure

Fact Sheet: Communication and Intimacy in Parkinson’s Disease

Fact Sheet: Healthy Minds, Addressing Your Mental Health

Fact Sheet: Information About DBS to Discuss With Your Doctor

Fact Sheet: Living Well with Parkinson’s Disease

Fact Sheet: Motor Fluctuations Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet: Neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension in Parkinson’s Disease

Fact Sheet: Staying Healthy, Keeping Fit

Fact Sheet: Talking to Your Teen About Parkinson’s Disease

Fact Sheet: Understanding Dyskinesia

Fatigue in Parkinson’s Disease

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

Training Courses

FIre Truck for First Responders

First Responder Training

Five Myths About Levodopa

Fluctuaciones motoras en enfermedad de Parkinson – Motor Fluctuations in Parkinson’s Disease

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Gene therapy for Parkinson’s disease

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

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

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

Good Night: Sleep and Parkinson’s Disease

Handwriting and Parkinsons

Handwriting & Parkinson’s Disease

Helping Those Who Serve: Parkinson’s Disease Information For The Veterans Community

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

Highlights from the 2021 AAN Annual Meeting

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

Highlights from the Movement Disorder Society Virtual Congress 2021

Highlights From The Movement Disorders Society Virtual Congress 2020

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

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

I Was Just Diagnosed With PD – Now What? from the 2023 APDA Virtual Parkinson’s Conference

Impaired Balance and Falls in People with Parkinson’s Disease

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

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

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Impulsive-compulsive behaviors in Parkinson’s disease

Interactions between Levodopa and food – What to Avoid

Interview with ESPN founder Bill Rasmussen

Introducing A Closer Look

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

Is Deep Brain Stimulation Right for me? from the 2023 APDA Virtual Parkinson’s Conference

Senior man in pain

Is Pain a Symptom of Parkinson’s Disease?

Keep Moving with APDA: Setting up for Success at Home – Creating an Exercise-Friendly Area

La depresión y la enfermedad de Parkinson – Depression

La Enfermedad de Parkinson y la Salud Bucal- Oral Health & Parkinson’s Disease

La Fatiga en la enfermedad de Parkinson – Fatigue

Let’s Keep Moving With APDA: Innovative Technology for Freezing of Gait

Let’s Keep Moving with APDA: Maintaining Momentum December 9

Let’s Keep Moving With APDA: Optimizing Aerobic Exercise in Parkinson’s Disease

Let’s Keep Moving with APDA: PD Exercise and Fundamentals

Let’s Keep Moving With APDA: Physical Therapy & Exercise

Let’s Keep Moving With APDA: Practical Tips for Optimizing Posture for People with PD

Let’s Keep Moving With APDA: Strategies to Improve Walking & Freezing of Gait

Let’s Keep Moving With APDA: The Pros and Cons of Canes and Walkers

Let’s Keep Moving With APDA: What Goes Wrong With Balance in Parkinson’s Disease & Can We Change It?

Let’s Keep Moving: Back Pain and PD with Tim Nordahl, PT, DPT

Let’s Keep Moving: FAQ’s About Exercise & Physical Therapy

Let’s Keep Moving: Optimal Dose of Exercise November 18

Let’s Keep Moving: Overcoming Freezing of Gait: Tips, Tricks, & Tech

Let’s Keep Moving: Proactive Physical Therapy

Let’s Keep Moving – Exercise Intensity: How Hard to Work and Why it Matters

Let’s Keep Moving With APDA – Movement & Speech Hosted by Tim Nordahl, PT, DPT With Special Guest: Lisa Sommers

Let’s Keep Moving With APDA: Assessing balance with a Physical Therapist

Let’s Keep Moving With APDA: Balance Training to Reduce Falls in People with PD

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Let’s Keep Moving with APDA: Demystifying the Numbers: The Science Behind 10,000 Steps & 150 minutes

Let’s Keep Moving With APDA: Evidence-Based Treatment to Improve Balance

Let’s Keep Moving with APDA: Expert Panel Discussion on Exercise & Physical Activity in the “New Normal”

Let’s Keep Moving With APDA: The impact of PD on balance

Let’s Keep Moving with APDA: What Does the Science say About Walking & Parkinson’s Disease?

Let’s Keep Moving: Movement & Nutrition with Tami DeAngelis and Rachel Reynolds

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

Let’s talk about brain donation

Let’s talk about Driving and Parkinson’s disease

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

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

Let’s talk about talking with Parkinson’s disease

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

Light Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease

Limited Expressions: Facial Masking and Parkinson’s Disease

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

Living Well with Parkinson’s Disease – 10 Things You Can Do Now

Lo Que Usted Puede Hacer Ahora: Viviendo Con La Enfermedad de Parkinson

Lower back pain and Parkinson’s disease

Maintaining your mental health during the COVID-19 crisis

Make Your Voice Heard! Healthy Communication and Parkinson’s Disease

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

Managing Motor Fluctuations in Parkinson’s Disease: A Wheel of Knowledge Challenge

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Mantente Activo y Aumenta tu Bienestar

Medical ID Cards

Medicamentos aprobados para el tratamiento de la enfermedad de Parkinson – Medications Approved

Medicamentos que se deben evitar o usar con precaución – Medications to Avoid

Medicare Enrollment: What You Need To Know

Medications Approved for the Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease in the USA

Medications to Avoid

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

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

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

Mi Mami Tiene EP – My Mommy Has PD

Mild Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson’s Disease

More medications to avoid in Parkinson’s disease?

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

Music Therapy for Parkinson’s disease

My Mommy Has Parkinson’s Disease But It’s Okay! – New Edition

Navigating Safely & Steadily at Home

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

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

New Laboratory Testing for PD from the 2023 APDA Virtual Parkinson’s Conference

New laboratory tests for Parkinson’s Disease

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

Occupational Therapy 101: Tips for Daily Success

Occupational Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease: Tips and Tricks

Oral Health and Parkinson’s Disease

Other causes of tremor besides Parkinson’s disease

Parenting with Parkinson’s Disease

ParkinSex: A Guide to Intimacy

Parkinson’s Disease & Risk of Cancer

Parkinson’s Disease Handbook

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!

Parkinson’s Disease & Body Temperature Regulation

Parkinson’s Disease & the Gut

Parkinson’s Disease & End of Life

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

Parkinson’s Disease and Nutrition

Parkinson’s disease and preparing for surgery

Parkinson’s Disease: The Essentials

Parkinson’s Disease: What the Future Holds

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

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

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

Training Courses

Parkinson’s Training for Fitness, Health and Wellness Professionals

PD and the microbiome

Período OFF, discinesias y enfermedad de Parkinson – OFF period, dyskinesias and Parkinson’s disease

Peripheral neuropathy and Parkinson’s disease

Personality Changes and Parkinson’s Disease

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

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

Planning for the What Ifs – Multiple System Atrophy

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

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

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

Posture problems in Parkinson’s Disease

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

Predicting the Progression of Parkinson’s Disease

Presentation – Advances in Parkinson’s Disease

Presentation – Exercise in Parkinson’s Disease: Road to Wellness

Presentation – Movement Disorder Program

Presentation – Parkinson’s Disease: the Changing Landscape

Presentation: Sleep Issues in Parkinson’s disease

Presentation: What is Music Therapy?

Presentation: Yoga Hope for Parkinson’s disease

Presentation: Genes and the Environment

Presentation: Why Meditate?

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

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Probiotics and Parkinson’s Disease

Public Health Live CME – Parkinson’s Disease Webinar

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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

Questions on Sex, Intimacy & Parkinson’s Disease

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

Repurposing medications for Parkinson’s disease

Research Highlights: Using Stem Cells to Advance PD Research from the 2023 APDA Virtual Parkinson’s Conference

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

Multinational researcher group experimenting in the lab.

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

Sigamos moviéndonos con la APDA: Comprendiendo el PT y mantenerse motivado para moverse

Sigamos moviéndonos con la APDA: Los ejercicios importantes para las personas con EP

Sigamos moviéndonos: la importancia de el ejercicio para personas con EP

Sintomas Urinarios en la Enfermedad de Parkinson- Bladder Symptoms & Parkinson’s Disease

Sleep Issues and Parkinson’s Disease Q&A

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

Spotlight on Clinical Trials: Opening the Door to New Treatments

Spotlight on Dyskinesia and Off: Feeling Good Every Day

Spotlight on Keeping Up With Treatment Concerns

Spotlight on Living Your Best Life: Accessing the Treatments You Need

Spotlight on Parkinson’s Disease: Biomarkers & Testing for PD

Spotlight on Parkinson’s Disease: Communication and Intimacy

Spotlight on Parkinson’s Disease: Enhancing Communication About Off

Spotlight on Parkinson’s Disease: Getting Motivated to Move!

Spotlight on Parkinson’s Disease: Healthy Minds, Addressing Your Mental Health

Spotlight on Parkinson’s Disease: Living Well Everyday

Spotlight on Parkinson’s Disease: Managing Your Symptoms

Spotlight on Parkinson’s Disease: Roadmap to the Future

Spotlight on Parkinson’s Disease: Staying Healthy, Keeping Fit

Spotlight on Parkinson’s Disease: The ABC’s of DBS

Spotlight on Parkinson’s Disease: Understanding Dyskinesia

Spotlight on Parkinson’s Disease: What to Do When Your Medications Stop Working

Spotlight on Parkinson’s Disease: What’s New in Brain Health

Spotlight on Parkinson’s Disease: Innovations in OFF Therapy

Spotlight on Parkinson’s Disease: Keeping Your Mind and Body Healthy

Spotlight on Parkinson’s Disease: Searching For Ways to Stop Disease Progression

Spotlight on Parkinson’s Disease: What’s New in PD Treatment

Spotlight on the Ins and Outs of Telemedicine for Parkinson’s Disease

Spotlight on Young Onset: Exploring Treatment and Management Options

Spring Arrives at APDA: the Scientific Advisory Board Meeting

STAY SUPPORTED AND CONNECTED FROM ANYWHERE

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

Training Courses

Taking Care of the Person with Advanced Parkinson’s Disease

Tarjeta de identificacion de contacto – Medical ID Card

Telemedicine & Parkinson’s Disease

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

Portrait Of Multi-Generation Chinese Family Relaxing In Park Together

The complicated world of genetic testing for Parkinson’s disease

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

The Future of Parkinson’s Disease Treatments

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The Future of Parkinson’s Disease Treatments – UPDATE

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

The Link between Parkinson’s disease and diabetes

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

THE PD MOVERS – WE KEEP MOVING

The Relationship Between Pesticides and Parkinson’s

The relationship between stress, anxiety and Parkinson’s disease

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

The Role of Inflammation in Parkinson’s disease

The Science Behind PD & Art from the 2023 APDA Virtual Parkinson’s Conference

The Science Behind PD & Moving from the 2023 APDA Virtual Parkinson’s Conference

The Science Behind PD & Singing from the 2023 APDA Virtual Parkinson’s Conference

The Search for a Parkinson’s disease Biomarker

The Smell of Parkinson’s disease

The use of acupuncture and massage for Parkinson’s disease

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

Thriving Through OT: Home Safety & Parkinson’s Diseasee

Thriving Through OT: Independence with Everyday Activities

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

Traumatic Brain Injury and Parkinson’s

Trichloroethylene and Parkinson’s Disease Risk

diagnosing parkinson's

Understanding Atypical Parkinsonism

Understanding Bladder Symptoms in Parkinson’s Disease

Understanding Drooling in Parkinson’s Disease

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

Understanding Stem Cell Therapy in Parkinson’s Disease Treatment

Modern rehabilitation physiotherapy worker with senior client

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

Understanding Weakness in Parkinson’s disease

Unique Influences on Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms

Uniting and Supporting the Black Parkinson’s Disease Community

Unlocking Strength Within – Shedding Light on the Shadows: Understanding Depression in Parkinson’s Disease

Unlocking Strength Within: Ambiguous Loss — Understanding Uncertainty

Unlocking Strength Within: Navigating PD Without a Life Partner

Unlocking Strength Within: Navigating Relationships with PD

Unlocking Strength Within: Rediscovering Motivation – Apathy Management and Coping Strategies

Unlocking Strength Within: Social Isolation & Emotional Challenges-Fireside Chat

Unlocking Strength Within: Staying Engaged & Supported

Update on COVID-19 and Parkinson’s disease

Use of Cannabidiol (CBD) for PD symptoms

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

Viviendo con la enfermedad de Parkinson: Lo que usted puede hacer ahora (Living with PD: Things You Can Do Now)

Vocal Therapy & More — Let’s Talk About LSVT

We Are Here For You/Information Brochure

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Wearable devices that suppress Parkinson’s disease tremor

A Closer Look Blog

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?

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?

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

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

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

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

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?

Where are they now? APDA’s research success

Where are they now? APDA’s research success continued

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Where are they now? Past APDA Research Grant Awardees

Why exercise is critical for people with Parkinson’s disease

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