This winter, my husband, Arman, and I finally took a long-awaited trip to Los Angeles to visit our children. We had planned to visit them back in August, but a Parkinson’s-related fall deterred our plans. Since we canceled the trip in August, I’ve been anxiously awaiting this visit. My…
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Having a chronic illness is exhausting in so many ways. I’ve described Parkinson’s disease as being exhausted physically on a cellular level. It’s not like being tired after running a foot race or sleeping poorly the night before. On a molecular level, it’s like my cells and neurons are…
The integration of Kneu Health’s smartphone-based platform into Cedars-Sinai’s Parkinson’s care program enabled ongoing symptom monitoring and revealed the need for earlier intervention in 79% of encounters. According to the company, clinicians reported that the added insight helped care teams monitor treatment responses and inform more timely, personalized…
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A few years ago, my husband, John, and I purchased a teardrop trailer. It really is cute. The back opens into an outdoor kitchen; inside, there’s a double bed, a chest of drawers, some great under-the-bed storage, and a teeny-tiny bathroom. It is the perfect trailer for minimalists. We had…
Immunis said it entered into an exclusive deal with Toray for the rights to develop and commercialize a potential treatment for dyskinesia, the involuntary movements associated with long-term use of levodopa in people with Parkinson’s disease, and has submitted an application to the U.S. Food…
Oncodesign Precision Medicine (OPM) has been awarded a $6.92 million research grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) to prepare its LRRK2 inhibitor, OPM-201, for a clinical study in people with early Parkinson’s disease. The funding follows OPM’s integration into MJFF’s LRRK2 Investigative Therapeutics Exchange…
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