Parkinson's Disease

2022 - 10 - 10

New Speech Therapy Program For Individuals with Parkinson's ... (Hackensack Meridian Health)

Hackensack Meridian Johnson Rehabilitation Institute at Ocean University Medical Center is pleased to announce its newest programs, SPEAK OUT!

- SPEAK OUT!® is an individual treatment program led by a certified speech language pathologist. SPEAK OUT!® & The LOUD Crowd® is a clinically-proven speech therapy approach for individuals with Parkinson's. Hackensack Meridian Johnson Rehabilitation Institute at Ocean University Medical Center is pleased to announce its newest programs, SPEAK OUT!® & The LOUD Crowd®.

Parkinson's disease therapy: Nonprofit announces new speech ... (Deseret News)

Nonprofit health organization Hackensack Meridian Health, which is based in New Jersey, introduced a new speech therapy program on Monday to help patients with ...

It’s possible that the symptoms can [develop over 20 years or more](https://www.parkinson.org/understanding-parkinsons/what-is-parkinsons/stages?utm_source=google&utm_medium=adgrant&utm_campaign=&utm_term=final%20stages%20of%20parkinson%27s&gclid=Cj0KCQjwhY-aBhCUARIsALNIC07G3dthKIeZquhpMwCKix4CEy_mBKjlUB3V691Ix2GcrAQxnuZb4_UaAnYfEALw_wcB). This focus on maintaining speech and language ability will continue with part two of the program in a group setting, called “LOUD Crowd.” [the statement](https://www.hackensackmeridianhealth.org/en/News/2022/10/10/New-Speech-Therapy-Program-For-Individuals-with-Parkinsons-Disease). [Parkinson’s Foundation](https://www.parkinson.org/understanding-parkinsons/symptoms/non-movement-symptoms/speech-swallowing?utm_source=google&utm_medium=adgrant&utm_campaign=&utm_term=does%20parkinson%27s%20affect%20speech&gclid=Cj0KCQjwhY-aBhCUARIsALNIC06l4hBCqqy2GQ61yXbSzKRC6hKVHe7MYb6hWmXKvYD0SYGjnwPBSrMaAmb0EALw_wcB) states. This new therapy will be split into two steps. [Hackensack Meridian Health](https://www.hackensackmeridianhealth.org/en/News/2022/10/10/New-Speech-Therapy-Program-For-Individuals-with-Parkinsons-Disease) wrote in a statement.

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Faster Progression Found in 'Body-involvement' Parkinson's in New... (Parkinson's News Today)

Patients with "body-involvement" Parkinson's affecting the nerves controlling heartbeat were shown to experience faster disease progression.

“Motor symptoms were more severe at the initial presentation in the bo-PD group. They concluded that, overall, “the bo-PD subtype is more aggressive phenotype than the br-PD subtype.” At the study’s start, rates of depression, urinary dysfunction, and unspecified pain were similar in both groups. Over time, motor symptoms worsened more quickly in the bo-PD group than the br-PD group. The age at Parkinson’s onset, sex distribution, and educational status were comparable between the two groups, as were rates of high blood pressure and diabetes, though disease duration was longer in the br-PD group. In recent years, some scientists have proposed that it may be possible to divide Parkinson’s patients into subgroups based on patterns of how the nervous system is affected.

50 Parkinson's Genes Found With New Multidisciplinary Approach |... (Parkinson's News Today)

The 50 newly discovered genes worsened Parkinson's disease signs, while others conferred neuroprotective benefits, researchers said.

The last step was to further validate the role played by TWAS gene candidates in Parkinson’s-related neurodegeneration. Of the human candidate genes, 85 had counterparts in fruit flies. Using this approach, 55 genes explained about 5–20% of the total variation in five Parkinson’s-associated traits, including tremor, rigidity, gait, motor, and bradykinesia (slow movement). A total of 80 genes were considered likely to participate in disease development. Because TWAS results suggested changes in candidate gene activity correlated with Parkinson’s, their activity was assessed in Parkinson’s patients’ blood samples. Researchers at Baylor College and the Texas Children’s Hospital have designed an integrative, multidisciplinary approach to discover and validate new genes associated with Parkinson’s.

Omaha business owner shares battle with Parkinson's disease to ... (Omaha World Herald)

Nic Chesnut is co-owner of Omaha printer and design firm Design 4 with his wife, Mindy. First diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2013, Nic has worked hard to ...

“It’s important to raise awareness and knowledge of others in the community.” The intent is to stimulate the part of his brain that controls movement. “They provide information and opportunities, and I can choose what I want to be involved with.” The programming will then be done every 3 to 4 weeks in the beginning. This surgery will allow me to stay in charge of myself.” I chalk it up to ‘one day and one moment at a time.’”

The Interrelationship Between Depression and Parkinson's Disease (Psychology Today)

Depression in Parkinson's disease responds well to noradrenergic reuptake inhibitors and dopaminergic agonists. In his Leçons du Mardi of 12 June 1888 Jean- ...

Depression can temporarily worsen motor impairment and can increase the chance of incident [dementia](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/dementia) in Parkinson’s disease. Long-term prospective studies of people with late-onset depression and further post-mortem neurochemical studies may help to unravel further the biological causes of the intriguing interplay between Parkinson’s disease and depression. [dopamine](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/dopamine) deficiency but although a mild reduction of monoamines has been reported in depression post-mortem, spinal fluid, and functional imaging studies, its biological substrate remains obscure. As the motor handicap worsens and the balance becomes affected, the frequency of depression increases and may include [suicidal](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/suicide) ideation. Depression is considered to be a risk factor for Parkinson’s disease (odds versus risk ratio of 1.9) and about 15 percent of confirmed cases of Parkinson’s disease report a history of depression prior to the diagnosis. Severe [psychotic](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/psychosis) depression occurs in only about 5 percent of people with Parkinson’s disease and suicide is rare. Constipation, [insomnia](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/insomnia), and weight loss are other shared complaints. The motor symptoms that characterise Parkinson’s disease arise from severe nigrostriatal [DSM-IV](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/dsm) criteria is common in Parkinson’s disease and has been claimed to occur more often than in other chronically disabling physical disorders. Tiredness, loss of a joie de vivre, and increased [anxiety](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/anxiety) often over trivia are common early non-specific symptoms of Parkinson’s disease that might suggest depression. Marty to the similarity between the Parkinsonian facial expression and that seen in involutional melancholia: [depression](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/depression) may be confused with Parkinson’s disease.