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We’re Here, Until Parkinson’s Isn’t

Apr 12, 2021 09:00 am | Sherri Woodbridge

 

Parkinson's Awareness Month, spring, birds, tips, hero, faith, losing your voice, garden, exercise, tell, impatience, doctors, laughter, prevalence, different, love-hate, encourager, holding hands, movement disorder specialist, patients, depression, perspective, masks, writing, New Year's resolutions, anxiety, grateful, abbreviations, beautiful, gift guide, strength, death, misunderstood, rebuilding, generation, water, care, healthy, chance“You can help me or hinder me but you won’t stop me.” I read that quote somewhere this past week. You’ll have to forgive me, or should I say you’ll have to forgive my faulty Parkinson’s memory. It is the culprit that causes me to forget the things I sometimes would like to remember. Forgetfulness […]

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30 Days of Parkinson’s: Well-laid Plans for Retirement Disrupted

Apr 12, 2021 08:15 am | BNS Staff

 

30 Days of Parkinson's  Day 12 of 30 This is Diane Skylis’ story: Early on, I heard it said that Parkinson’s is an “expensive” disease. Frequent doctor bills are costly, so I thought any disease would be expensive. Why did that statement strike a nerve? Now, several years later, the picture becomes clearer. My spouse, Jim, has Parkinson’s […]

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Molecular Link Found Between Parkinson’s and Skin Cancer

Apr 12, 2021 07:00 am | Diana Campelo Delgado

 

skin cancer linkResearchers have found a molecular link between Parkinson’s disease and melanoma, a type of skin cancer, in the form of protein clumps. Their study results were presented at the spring meeting of the American Chemical Society this week. A hallmark of Parkinson’s disease is the buildup of alpha-synuclein protein clumps within brain cells. Alpha-synuclein aggregates […]

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Neurons, Not Nearby Cells, Decide Dopamine Levels, Study Reports

Apr 12, 2021 07:00 am | Marisa Wexler

 

dopamine studyDopamine-releasing cells in the brain, much like most other hormone-producing cells, have a self-regulating feedback mechanism that controls their activity, researchers have discovered. That is, healthy nerve cells themselves determine how much dopamine will be released, the research team found, in contrast with the prevailing view that nearby cells “control” neurons by regulating dopamine’s release. […]

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30 Days of Parkinson’s: Boxing My Way Through Parkinson’s

Apr 11, 2021 08:15 am | BNS Staff

 

30 Days of Parkinson'sDay 11 of 30 This is Dave Steiner’s story: I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in July 2016. I found Rock Steady Boxing York by accident. New to the area, a neighbor recommended Unique Physique, a small, family-owned fitness center and my wife, Gail, went to check it out. While waiting for paperwork, the word […]

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30 Days of Parkinson’s: When Your Superhero Discovers Parkinson’s

Apr 10, 2021 08:15 am | BNS Staff

 

30 Days of Parkinson'sDay 10 of 30 This is Mary Beth Skylis’ story: I was graduating from college when my dad got the diagnosis. He had Parkinson’s. The idea seemed foreign and impossible. This was the man who picked me up when I scraped my knees and came to the rescue just in time. But he’d noticed a […]

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