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February 28, 2021

Meet Our VP of Programs – Anissa Mitchell, LCSW

You probably recognize her friendly face as the host of many of our online programs but Anissa Mitchell, VP, Programs brings so much more to the PMD Alliance…

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February 28, 2021

A New Approach to Patient Education

There are some key messages many patients never get to hear: Parkinson’s disease is extremely heterogenous – no two patients are alike. Further, the majority…

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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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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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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…

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

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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…

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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…