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Thawing Freezing Gait with a Painted Staircase Illusion
Mileha Soneji was a product designer in the Netherlands when her uncle was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. As a product designer she...
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Geneviève Nolet
- Mar 22, 2021
- 3 min
Summary of “The impact of COVID-19...on people with Parkinson’s disease..." by Feeney et al. (2021)
Recommendations for people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) include increased physical activity and socialization in order to help manage...
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Natara Ng
- Mar 8, 2021
- 4 min
The Science of Music: Why Music Therapy Works for Parkinson’s Disease
Music is a creative force that has long been harnessed by the medical world for its positive effects on our health. Parkinson’s disease...
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Cameron Allan
- Feb 22, 2021
- 3 min
Gene Therapy for Parkinson's Disease
To understand gene therapy, it is important to first understand what a gene is and how it works. Genes are small portions of DNA which...
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Julie Z.
- Feb 8, 2021
- 3 min
Future of Parkinson’s Diagnosis Based on Eye Movement Behaviours
Imagine a world where people can go into healthcare clinics, watch some video clips, and subsequently receive a diagnosis for...
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Kaylee Punter
- Jan 25, 2021
- 3 min
Summary of: metabolic engineering of tomato fruit enriched in L-DOPA, paper by Breitel et al. (2020)
Part of learning about Parkinson's disease is keeping up with new research articles. Here we'll be summarizing and breaking down a paper...
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Abigail Erwin
- Jan 11, 2021
- 2 min
Emotional and Support Mechanisms for Parkinson’s Disease Caregivers
Caregivers of those with Parkinson’s Disease (PD) can range from family members to hired help and it can be a challenging job. Luckily,...
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Geneviève Nolet
- Dec 14, 2020
- 2 min
Resting Tremors in Parkinson’s Disease
Involuntary rhythmic movements of one of many body parts, known as tremors, are motor symptoms that manifest in over three quarters of...
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Jiabei Wang
- Nov 30, 2020
- 2 min
Aggregation of Alpha-synuclein and its role in Parkinson’s Disease
There are many factors that lead to the onset of Parkinson’s disease. Many of you may have heard of the genetic factors such mutations in...
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Jane Y.
- Nov 16, 2020
- 1 min
A Short Take: The Difference between PD and MS
While Parkinson’s disease (PD) and Multiple Sclerosis (MS) are both neurodegenerative disorders (i.e. entail cell death in some parts of...
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Abigail Erwin
- Nov 2, 2020
- 3 min
Managing Parkinson’s Disease Through Diet and Nutrition
Medications are commonly used to help treat Parkinson’s Disease (PD) and the different symptoms experienced from the disease, but there...
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Cameron Allan
- Oct 19, 2020
- 3 min
The Benefits of Home Exercises on Motor Performance in Patients with Parkinson's Disease
People who have Parkinson’s disease can develop functional activity disorders which can directly relate to a loss of certain reflexes. In...
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Kaylee Punter
- Oct 5, 2020
- 3 min
Mitochondria and its role in PD
Mitochondria have been linked to Parkinson’s disease (PD) for a few decades now… but what are mitochondria? And what do they have to do...
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Kaylee Punter
- May 19, 2020
- 2 min
Summer Care for Parkinson's
Summer can be a lot of fun when you do it right! That being said, what are some things to think about before enjoying the sunshine? The...
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