Parkinson's Disease

2022 - 10 - 10

New Speech Therapy Program For Individuals with Parkinson's ... (Hackensack Meridian Health)

Hackensack Meridian Johnson Rehabilitation Institute at Ocean University Medical Center is pleased to announce its newest programs, SPEAK OUT!

- SPEAK OUT!® is an individual treatment program led by a certified speech language pathologist. SPEAK OUT!® & The LOUD Crowd® is a clinically-proven speech therapy approach for individuals with Parkinson's. Hackensack Meridian Johnson Rehabilitation Institute at Ocean University Medical Center is pleased to announce its newest programs, SPEAK OUT!® & The LOUD Crowd®.

Parkinson's disease therapy: Nonprofit announces new speech ... (Deseret News)

Nonprofit health organization Hackensack Meridian Health, which is based in New Jersey, introduced a new speech therapy program on Monday to help patients with ...

It’s possible that the symptoms can [develop over 20 years or more](https://www.parkinson.org/understanding-parkinsons/what-is-parkinsons/stages?utm_source=google&utm_medium=adgrant&utm_campaign=&utm_term=final%20stages%20of%20parkinson%27s&gclid=Cj0KCQjwhY-aBhCUARIsALNIC07G3dthKIeZquhpMwCKix4CEy_mBKjlUB3V691Ix2GcrAQxnuZb4_UaAnYfEALw_wcB). This focus on maintaining speech and language ability will continue with part two of the program in a group setting, called “LOUD Crowd.” [the statement](https://www.hackensackmeridianhealth.org/en/News/2022/10/10/New-Speech-Therapy-Program-For-Individuals-with-Parkinsons-Disease). [Parkinson’s Foundation](https://www.parkinson.org/understanding-parkinsons/symptoms/non-movement-symptoms/speech-swallowing?utm_source=google&utm_medium=adgrant&utm_campaign=&utm_term=does%20parkinson%27s%20affect%20speech&gclid=Cj0KCQjwhY-aBhCUARIsALNIC06l4hBCqqy2GQ61yXbSzKRC6hKVHe7MYb6hWmXKvYD0SYGjnwPBSrMaAmb0EALw_wcB) states. This new therapy will be split into two steps. [Hackensack Meridian Health](https://www.hackensackmeridianhealth.org/en/News/2022/10/10/New-Speech-Therapy-Program-For-Individuals-with-Parkinsons-Disease) wrote in a statement.

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People with Parkinson's disease take up ping-pong to help symptoms (STV News)

Doreen Brown was a keen runner before she was diagnosed with the condition but has taken up another sport to keep fit.

I can’t get out of my bed some days, some days I can’t walk and I take breathlessness attacks. Physical activity is getting more attention. Doreen says she initially thought she might have had a brain tumour: “I went to the doctor because I had a tremor in my right hand, and they thought it might have been a brain tumour.

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Faster Progression Found in 'Body-involvement' Parkinson's in New... (Parkinson's News Today)

Patients with "body-involvement" Parkinson's affecting the nerves controlling heartbeat were shown to experience faster disease progression.

“Motor symptoms were more severe at the initial presentation in the bo-PD group. They concluded that, overall, “the bo-PD subtype is more aggressive phenotype than the br-PD subtype.” At the study’s start, rates of depression, urinary dysfunction, and unspecified pain were similar in both groups. Over time, motor symptoms worsened more quickly in the bo-PD group than the br-PD group. The age at Parkinson’s onset, sex distribution, and educational status were comparable between the two groups, as were rates of high blood pressure and diabetes, though disease duration was longer in the br-PD group. In recent years, some scientists have proposed that it may be possible to divide Parkinson’s patients into subgroups based on patterns of how the nervous system is affected.

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