Category: News

Potential Cause of Parkinson’s Disease Points to New Therapeutic Strategy

July 24, 2013 — Biologists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have made a significant discovery that could lead to a new therapeutic strategy for Parkinson’s disease. The findings, recently published online ahead of print in the journal Molecular and Cell Biology, focus on an enzyme known as parkin, whose absence causes an early-onset form […]

Medicare Therapy Caps: What You Need to Know

The Parkinson’s Action Network (PAN) receives many inquiries on Medicare coverage of physical, occupational, and speech-language therapies. Many people with Parkinson’s need these therapy services to maintain quality of life, and that is why every year PAN works to ensure people with Parkinson’s can continue to receive these medically-necessary services. We hope this additional information […]

Personal stories

For ten years I had a bunch of subtle and seemingly unrelated symptoms. It was only after I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease three years ago that I was able, in hindsight, to put my symptoms together, to know where/why they were coming from. One of the first things I had noticed was that I had been […]

Little Parkinson’s Voice Initiative

Neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s destroy the ability to move; there are over 6 million worldwide with the disease, but no cure. Until we have a cure, and indeed, to find a cure, we need objective tests. Unfortunately, there are no biomarkers (e.g. blood tests). Current objective symptom tests for Parkinson’s are expensive, time-consuming, and […]