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Randy Devitt, 63, noticed something strange going on with his left hand about 14 years ago. Since high school, Devitt had been playing the Vince Guaraldi song, “Linus and Lucy” from “A Charlie Brown ...
About 1.5 million people in the U.S. live with Parkinson’s, a disorder of the central nervous system. Balance becomes an issue in those with moderate to severe forms. Stay active through walking, ...
Austin nonprofit Power for Parkinson's has found new audiences among English and Spanish speakers around the world through ...
Mike Quaglia was 42 when he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, which gradually robs its victims of their ability to move normally. For the next seven years, his condition deteriorated despite ...
Susan Sills, a Brooklyn artist who until recently made life-size cutouts on plywood using a power saw, long suspected she might be at risk for developing Parkinson’s disease. Both her mother and ...
In 2008, Darcy Blake received terrifying news. The tremor on her left side was the first symptom of Parkinson”s disease. Then 57, the Redwood City woman loved to be active. She had an exciting job as ...
A new program at Hudson Boulders in Latham is giving people living with Parkinson’s disease the chance to challenge ...
Can physical exercise play an important role in slowing the progression of Parkinson’s disease? A new Sacramento State study may help answer that question. Kinesiology Professors Matt Brown and Gwen ...
His friends noticed the tremor before he did. It started in his left hand, Geoffrey Rogers said, but before long the trembling affected his right too. The cause, doctors found, was Parkinson’s disease ...
A SUNY Cortland research team is continuing its innovative work to improve the lives of people with Parkinson’s disease through hard exercise lasting less than a minute. The progressive motor disease ...
A simple hand-grip test may be a reliable way to monitor possible declines in people diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. University of British Columbia researchers Jenn Jakobi and Gareth Jones just ...