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By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff | Oct 5, 2022

Parkinson’s Foundation: Putting People with Parkinson’s Disease First

People with Parkinson’s disease (PD) can face numerous challenges. Some lack adequate access to high-quality, specialized health care and treatments. Others can’t find local resources and community programs for support. And many cannot afford or take advantage of genetic testing to help them qualify for enrollment in clinical trials. The…more.

Categories: Movement Disorders, Parkinson’s Disease

By Michael J. Fox Foundation | Apr 20, 2022

Building a Parkinson’s Care Team

Editor’s Note: The following has been excerpted, with permission, from The Parkinson’s Journey: Building a Care Team, published by The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF). Real World Health Care invites our readers to visit MichaelJFox.org to help you and your loved ones navigate life with Parkinson’s. As…more.

Categories: Movement Disorders, Parkinson’s Disease

By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff | Apr 6, 2022

Can You Be Too Young to Get Parkinson’s Disease?

The majority of people who get Parkinson’s Disease (PD) are over the age of 60. However, 10 to 20 percent of the 60,000 people diagnosed every year in the United States are under age 50 and about half of those are diagnosed before age 40. Because PD is typically associated…more.

Categories: Movement Disorders, Parkinson’s Disease

By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff | Mar 23, 2022

An Inside Look at Parkinson’s Disease

Editor’s Note: The following information about Parkinson’s Disease was originally published by the National Institutes of Health‘s (NIH) National Institute on Aging (NIA), which leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life. You can read the original information…more.

Categories: Parkinson’s Disease

By Krista Zodet, President/CEO, HealthWell Foundation | Dec 16, 2020

Caring Through COVID

Editor’s Note: The HealthWell Foundation is the founding sponsor of Real World Health Care. This Real World Health Care column is not like others I’ve written. But then again, this year is not like any other we’ve lived through. I would typically use this end-of-year column to thank you for…more.

Categories: Caregiving, Uncategorized

By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff | Nov 11, 2020

Parkinson’s Foundation Partners with VA to Help Veterans Living with Parkinson’s Disease

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Parkinson’s Foundation have teamed up to improve the health, well-being and quality of life of veterans living with Parkinson’s disease. The collaboration is designed to ensure that veterans diagnosed with Parkinson’s have access to the information and resources they need to…more.

Categories: Movement Disorders, Uncategorized

By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff | Sep 30, 2020

Tourette & Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics

This week on Real World Health Care, we continue our series on Movement Disorders with a conversation with Matthew Capriotti, PhD, associate professor of Psychology at San Jose State University. Dr. Capriotti, who collaborates actively with the Tourette Association of America (TAA) to conduct research, advocacy, and educational events, has…more.

Categories: General, Movement Disorders

By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff | Jul 8, 2020

Tardive Dyskinesia: Shedding Light on A Serious Medication Side Effect

An estimated 44 million adults in the United States—close to 20 percent of the population—have a mental illness. While only a fraction of those adults use antipsychotic medicines to treat their illness, about one in ten who take certain forms of antipsychotics eventually develops a movement disorder called Tardive Dyskinesia…more.

Categories: General, Movement Disorders

By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff | Jun 10, 2020

Answers, Acceptance and Advocacy: Growing Up with Tourette Syndrome

The symptoms started in pre-school: vocal tics including throat clearing to barking like a dog, anxiety, and difficulties with fine and gross motor skills and mental processing. Young Adam Fishbein quickly became confused and frustrated—for years, school would be “a nightmare”—and his parents became increasingly alarmed. What was happening to…more.

Categories: General, Movement Disorders

By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff | Apr 29, 2020

Growing Up with Huntington’s Disease

Next month marks Huntington’s Disease (HD) Awareness Month and Real World Health Care is dedicating this column to an important part of the Huntington’s patient community: children, teens and young adults. “Whether youth have a parent with Huntington’s or if they themselves have the early-onset form of the disease called…more.

Categories: General, Movement Disorders