I’ve sat in a lot of support group rooms and seminar halls over the years. Somewhere around the second or third speaker, it happens — someone at the podium looks out at a room full of people with Parkinson’s disease who drove themselves there, who...
A patient said to me this week: “I wish there was a pill for my speech.” I understood exactly why she said it. We live in a world where Ozempic has made weight loss feel achievable, where a pill can help someone quit smoking after decades of trying. We...
A patient with Parkinson disease asked why some people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) have difficulty speaking and yet, may be able to sing with relative clarity. A similar phenomena I have observed with some individuals with PD who walk hesitantly and carefully with a...
Dyskinesia (uncontrolled involuntary movements that can look like fidgeting or swaying of arms, legs, oral-facial, or trunk muscles) are unfortunately a common experience for individuals with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Dyskinesia are associated with long term use of...
At a recent Journal club, hosted by a local Neurologist, we were joined by a dentist who reviewed some research findings suggesting that Periodontal disease was modestly associated with incident MCI (mild cognitive impairment) and dementia in a community-based cohort...
