Tag: Women and PD

For Women with Parkinson’s: Hormones and PD Meds

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On Sunday, November 1, Twitchy Women hosted a panel discussion on how changing hormones can interfere with Parkinson's medications for Women with PD. We began with an overview of the few studies that have been done on this topic. Unfortunately there has not been very much research on this. Estrogen may provide some level of …

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A Need to Help Others:  One Woman’s Story

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Sunday I had the pleasure of meeting with a group of women with Parkinson's in Glendale, a suburb of Los Angeles.  Tricia Low had pulled together the group to discuss issues related to Women with PD.  Tricia is amazing.  Her father had Young Onset Parkinson's so she knew when she started having symptoms at a young …

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