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Partnerships Symptoms and Treatments

February 19, 2021

A Spoonful of Applesauce Can Help the Medicine Go Down

Fifty muscles and many nerves activate every time we put food or liquid in our mouth and swallow. We swallow an amazing 500-700 times every day, and those same muscles and nerves…

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Wellness

January 31, 2021

Love, Togetherness, and Compassion

The Mistress was written from deep love for a brilliant, creative, energetic, and loving husband. Love strained at the edge because of The Mistress, Parkinson’s…

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Wellness

January 31, 2021

The Book I Resisted Writing

Psychologist by training, storyteller by inclination, Parkinson’s patient by chance, active writer, prior to Keepin’ On: Living Well with Parkinson's Disease (Nighthawk Press, 2018), I’d…

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January 31, 2021

Mirapex (pramipexole): What You Need to Know

In our soon-to-launch video series "The More You Know", movement disorder specialists sit down with us on video to explain each FDA approved Parkinson's medication…

Maureen Simmons, MA Philanthropy & Development, CFRE 0

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Giving

January 31, 2021

The Gratitude of Friendship

This month, as we celebrate Valentine’s Day, a time when friends traditionally exchange cards and small tokens of their commitment to each other, we reflect…

Kelly Rees, Board-Certified Sexologist, PhD Human Sexuality, MBA 0

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Wellness

January 31, 2021

Real Grownup Love is Strong

Love looks less like I thought it did when I was young. Love is the glue that holds many couples together, the look in your…

Sambit Mondal, MD 0

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January 31, 2021

The Heart and Parkinson’s

Parkinson’s disease patients are twice as likely to succumb to cardiovascular ailments than their age and risk factor-matched peers without Parkinson’s. The common cardiovascular ailments…

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Research

December 31, 2020

Research Article Round Up: Kiwi, Ketamine, and Classifying PD

The landscape of what we know about Parkinson’s changes rapidly. Our job and our honor at PMD Alliance is to share the relevant news with you.…

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Symptoms and Treatments

December 31, 2020

Decreased Facial Expression in PD (Hypomimia)

I recently had the opportunity to see a great patient I newly diagnosed with Parkinson's (PD). While most people are coming to my clinic complaining…