This Mother's Day, we celebrate all the incredible moms and mother-figures in the Parkinson’s community, including those who are no longer with us. 🩵 Your strength and spirit continue to inspire us all!

Join us online next Wednesday for a free webinar: Exploring Home Safety & Modifications for Aging in Place 🏠

Register today! Parkinson.org/events/2024/Ma…

Today for AAPI Heritage Month, learn about the benefits of tai chi for Parkinson’s disease! Originating from China & known for its slow & intentional movements, tai chi is a popular form of gentle exercise.

🎧 Learn more in this podcast episode: Parkinson.org/library/podcas…

🚨New publication alert!🚨 Parkinson's Foundation Launch awardee, Leonardo Parra-Rivas, published an eLife - the journal article as co-author that suggests that a-syn must bind to a 49 aa domain in synapsin to influence synaptic activity.

elifesciences.org/articles/89687…

We’ll be in Concord, New Hampshire tomorrow to #Move4PD ! 🤝 Register to join us or find a walk in your area: MovingDayWalk.org

Staffed by nurses, social workers and health educators, our PD Helpline is here to support you. 🤝

Contact our Helpline for answers to your Parkinson's questions, connections to resources, local referrals, & more: 1-800-4PD-INFO | [email protected]

Parkinson.org/Helpline

🎉 A huge THANK YOU to all the incredible participants who made the Pickleball for Parkinson's Awareness Tournament in Chandler, AZ a resounding success! 🏓 Learn how to create your own pickleball fundraiser at Parkinson.org/Champions.

Receiving a Parkinson’s diagnosis can leave you unsure of your next step. As you begin processing your diagnosis, it’s important to know you are not alone. 🩵

We’re here for you with resources and information: Parkinson.org/NewlyDiagnosed

Fall Moving Dates are officially out! Head to MovingDayWalk.org to find an event near you this fall. 🗓️ 👟 #Move4PD

Tae-In Kam, PhD, of Johns Hopkins Medicine, received a Parkinson’s Foundation Stanley Fahn Junior Faculty Award to study the role of an enzyme called PARP1 in Parkinson’s disease.

🔬 Learn more about Dr. Kam and his research: Parkinson.org/living-with-pa…

📢 Congratulations to 2024 Summer Student Fellow,
Celine Haddad, whose project focuses on validation of a prognostic marker of Lewy body dementia atrophy in isolated REM sleep behavior disorder. Celine will be mentored by Shady Rahayel at CIUSSS du Nord-Mtl.

Parkinson's Foundation

📢 Congratulations to 2024 Visiting Scholar Awardee, Ashwini Sansare, whose project focuses on sensory contributions to balance control in individuals with #Parkinsons Disease. Dr. Sansare will be mentored by Jan Hondzinski at LSU.

Parkinson's Foundation

Our #40RWARD Fundraiser for Parkinson's Foundation is up now. We're trying to raise $40 in tribute to our iRacing throwback car to Sterling Marlin, who has Parkinson's himself.

The Parkinson's Foundation makes life better for people with Parkinson's through expert care and research.

Grateful for the support of Parkinson's Foundation and their dedication to the Parkinson's cause.

New research indicates that a skin biopsy could possibly lead to accurate diagnosis of Parkinson’s & other neurodegenerative diseases. 🔬

This skin test method could be used to detect Parkinson’s & related diseases before symptoms appear.

Learn more: Parkinson.org/blog/science-n…

As Parkinson's Champions, the Athletico PT PT - Oyster Point team went above and beyond, not only surpassing their fundraising goal but also challenging themselves to walk, run, or bike up to 100 miles during April. Want to create your own fundraiser? Visit Parkinson.org/Champions.

For people with Parkinson’s disease and care partners, dedicating time to maintaining mental health can feel like its own battle.

📖 Here we explore eight practical ways to work on your mental health, check it out for Mental Health Awareness Month: buff.ly/4behdxz

Great opening session at Mass General MDs “Planning for Prevention of Parkinson’s” with patient advocates speaking.

Jessi Keavney, a Parkinson's Foundation advocate, sums it up nicely, “it bothers me not to have access to information about my own body.” #returnresults . #sharedata