October is Breast cancer awareness month now easily recognized by the pink ribbon symbol and February American Heart month with “Go Red” symbol designed to increase women’s heart health awareness. But, for the 3 million women living with Parkinson’s disease (PD)...
For years now, we have been hearing politicians in the United States talk about health care reform and yet, they cannot arrive at a bi-partisan agreement of how to bring down costs and improve access to care, in part, because as any of us who have spent our careers...
A recent patient of mine with Parkinson’s disease reported that he sometimes feels like he can’t “catch his breath,” and acknowledged that this occurs most often when a dose of Carbidopa medication is wearing off. Another patient...
Every Thursday afternoon for the last 3 years, I have gotten together with a group of men and women with Parkinson’s disease to host a weekly speech class, The LOUD Crowd® We have become our own Toastmasters group, incorporating the concept of “speaking with intent,”...
This month I had the opportunity to provide two community lectures on the topic of Swallowing and Parkinson’s disease. Following my presentation/s I was struck by the number of people with Parkinson’s (PWP) who came up to me to ask a question who have never been...
Last week I presented a community lecture on Swallowing problems associated with Parkinson’s disease. When presenting information to an audience of people with Parkinson’s (PWP), I try to provide up to date information gathered from the dysphagia research. I also try...
