[RESEARCH DIGEST]

According to a review recently published in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, glyphosate severely alters the balance of the #gut #microbiota , the gut-brain axis, and the central and peripheral nervous systems.

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The director's cut of Elephant's in the Room, my recent blog on #parkinsons broaching the weighty topics of premature death, quality of life, disease modification and stem cells. Featuring

Andrew Lees
Bas Bloem
Kunath Lab
Cure Parkinson's

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Wonderful to do this “walking talk” here at the Parkinson Prevention Conference in Boston, about the benefits of #exercise for persons with #Parkinson ’s across the entire disease spectrum.

Wonderful to do this walking talk about the benefits of #exercise for persons with #Parkinson ’s across the entire disease spectrum.

On the positive side, Bas Bloem reports improved outcomes and mortality with their Parkinson Net MDT approach. I firmly believe that life expectancy can be improved by early intervention with a MDT team. Unfortunately in Ireland the stats are abysmal Neurological Alliance of Ireland Parkinson's disease Research Cluster

My latest #Parkinsons blog

Elephants in the room, premature death and others.

Living well/brutal reality awareness balance.

Lack of research progress despite huge and ongoing efforts.

Bas Bloem Andrew Lees Kunath Lab
Spotlight YOPD
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Excited to be delivering lecture on integrated, multidisciplinary and person-centred care for persons with #Parkinson during Grand Rounds at Northwell Health. 

Also looking forward to learning about their outstanding inpatient rehabilitation program for persons with Parkinson.

Our new paper in NPJ Parkinson's Disease used interesting approach to examine effects of #stress on people with #Parkinson . We used recent #Covid crisis as naturalistic stressor & found that some people are stress resilient ( #resilience ) while others are more sensitive to stress

Some people believe that #pesticide use in the world has declined in the past years. I am afraid that quite the opposite is true.
 
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When lightning strikes twice

If you have #Parkinson /parkinsonism then please look at this video. We are interested in specific combinations of symptoms that cause extra problems in daily life. We want to understand this better by learning from you so we can improve our services!

Can stress function as the straw that breaks the camel's back and trigger Parkinson's? Are sudden onset disorders always functional? van der Heide, Helmich and colleagues present two cases and discuss the possibilities and considerations in a new paper Journal of Parkinson's Disease.
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Parkinson's disease risk: the double whammy of lysosomal gene mutations and high exposure to pesticides
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Brent Fogel UCLA Neurology