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The PDI congratulates Nancy Mahanay as our latest PDI Exercise Scholarship winner. Ms. Mahanay has been exercising with Big Heart Center for Parkinson's Wellness in Bedford, TX. She has been wanting to expand her opportunities to exercise and we are beyond delighted to help her reach her goals at Big Heart.

The majority of people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) learn of their diagnosis at age 60 or later. Aging is the number one risk factor Parkinson’s disease (PD), and aging in and of itself also increases the risk of developing Parkinson-like motor symptoms without loss of dopamine neurons that occurs in PD. To the end, these issues of motor impairment will remain at the forefront for research to help those in the battle. However, while we know about the challenges faced by thos

A major component of our mission is to grow translational research. By finding the common ground of results from preclinical and clinical studies, our goal is to truly understand how the areas of brain affected by Parkinson's disease may be treated to optimize daily life for those affected by PD. Ms. Janiece Vancil, a DO/PhD student at University of North Texas Health-Fort Worth, presented highly novel results at the recent World Parkinson Congress in Phoenix and is the re

Watch presentations from the Live Better. Parkinson's Symposium, hosted by the Parkinson's Foundation in Plano, Texas, featuring members of the Parkinson Discovery Institute (PDI) Board of Directors. Presentation Highlights: 31:00 – Valerie Johnson shares practical exercise techniques for people living with Parkinson's disease. 1:02:00 – PDI presents its latest research on biomarker changes following exercise in Parkinson's disease. During the symposium, PDI Board Member Mike

We hit the ground running in Phoenix for the World Parkinson's Congress from May 24-27, interacting with hundreds of patients, caregivers, researchers, and providers. We immersed ourselves in 3 roundtable discussions on the prodromal aspects of PD, how to maximize the impact of exercise, and the impact of inflammation in the disease process. Notably, we also presented two posters that featured our cross-species translational work on exercise impact on dopamine neurons agai

The Parkinson Discovery Institute (PDi) is delighted to announce that Tina Hargrove is the first recipient of a 6 month PDi-sponsored Exercise Scholarship. Tina is an exemplary ambassador for the power of exercise in fighting Parkinson’s disease (PD). She has been not only one of the original 4 members of the Punching Out Parkinson’s exercise group at Pauli and Leti Ayala’s exercise program at the University of Hard Knocks (UHK), but also an exercise program leader for her pe

Drs. Michael Salvatore and Vicki Nejtek-Salvatore recently presented their latest research on biomarker relevance in Parkinson's Disease in Houston at the 6th Pan American Parkinson's and Movement Disorders Congress. This event was attended by 500 researchers and clinicians, presenting 22 countries from both North and South America. Their presentation was selected as a late-breaking abstract, entitled "Cross-species discovery of a serum-to-CNS link showing the neural impact

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