I’m training for a 5K race in June. The training plan is taped onto the fridge door, and I’m following it to a T. Except for the part where it says “run” — that’s where I alternate walking and running for one minute each. This method makes a 5K totally…
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Enrollment is now complete in a Phase 3 trial assessing the safety and efficacy of solengepras (CVN424), Cerevance’s experimental non-dopaminergic therapy, in people with Parkinson’s disease. The Phase 3 ARISE trial (NCT06553027) is assessing solengepras’ efficacy, when given with levodopa and other standard Parkinson’s medications, in 341 patients with…
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Vyalev, Abbvie‘s continuous under-the-skin infusion formulation of levodopa/carbidopa, reduces off time and eases motor and some nonmotor symptoms in adults with advanced Parkinson’s disease. That’s according to six-month data from an ongoing real-world study, ROSSINI (NCT06107426), which also showed the therapy improves patients’ quality of life. The…
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Before Parkinson’s disease, my late uncle Brandon was always on the move. He always needed something to do, especially on weekends. If he wasn’t planning a hunting trip, he was outside grilling ribs, sausage, or brisket and inviting neighbors over without a second thought. The house was rarely quiet.
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The American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) has launched a card game, called ParkinSex: The Game, to help people with Parkinson’s disease and their partners overcome challenges with physical and emotional intimacy that may be caused by the condition’s symptoms. The game can be ordered at the organization’s…
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Parkinson’s disease is an illness that slowly progresses every day. Symptoms change, medication side effects vary, falls happen, and there is always an element of the unknown. Because of this, caring for a person with Parkinson’s also changes every day. As soon as I think I have…
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