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Jessie Patricia Bakker, PhD
… Medicine Society (DiMe), lecturer within the Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School and associate … in epidemiological studies and clinical trials in sleep medicine. …
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7 Ways to Help Fatigue in Parkinson's Disease
August 21, 2015
… symptom. It can feel both physical and mental, from lack of sleep as well as from apathy , another common symptom. Pain from symptoms like rigidity can make falling asleep more difficult. Insomnia is also common with … make tiredness during the day worse. Insomnia and daytime sleepiness can also be side effects of Parkinson's …
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My Research Journey: From Falling Out of Bed to Participating in a Parkinson’s Study
September 26, 2022
… Linda “I’ve hurt myself falling out of bed, while still asleep, and that is what scared my wife,” says Otis Peeples, … sergeant living in Chicago, Illinois. After having these sleep issues for some time, his wife, Linda, encouraged Otis to see a doctor to understand what was going on. A sleep study confirmed he had REM sleep behavior disorder …
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My Research Journey: I Don’t Have Parkinson’s, but I’m Helping Researchers Get to the Bottom of It
March 10, 2022
… and his wife, Holly. Terry Goldin, 68, lives with REM sleep behavior disorder, which is when you act out dreams while asleep. It’s a risk factor for Parkinson’s disease, and many … (PPMI) is now recruiting people who act out dreams while asleep. Get started today . Things that go bump in the night …
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PPMI Dispatch: More Sites Recruiting While Scientists Uncover New Ways to Predict Parkinson’s
March 25, 2021
… data analysis. Brain Scan May Predict Parkinson’s after Sleep Disorder A dopamine activity scan may help predict Parkinson’s in a high-risk group with REM sleep behavior disorder or RBD (physically acting out dreams …
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What We Fund: $21 Million to Ease Symptoms, Profile Genes and Test for the “Parkinson’s Scent"
August 30, 2021
… a drug in pre-clinical models that may help people with PD sleep better . The drug targets a protein that plays a role … body’s biological clock. The team will also study if better sleep helps protect cells from other changes seen in PD such …