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The Secret Life of Parkinson's — 185 episodes

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Suddenly, All You See Is Parkinson's!

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How We Prepare for Travel with Parkinson's (What Actually Helps)

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What If Everything We Know About Parkinson's Is Incomplete?

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Packing for Europe With Parkinson's Looks a Little Different

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Living 19 Years With Parkinson's: How I Found Purpose Again

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Why Does Parkinson's Look So Different From Person to Person?

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Everyday People with Parkinson's Are Hiking Mountains. Here's How.

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Could These Sheets Make Turning in Bed Easier with Parkinson's? (BONUS episode)

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Inside the Kirk Gibson Parkinson’s Wellness Center

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The Parkinson's Medication Side Effect That Changed Everything

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Parkinson's Didn't Stop Her From Riding

12

Dating After a Parkinson’s Diagnosis (Yes, It’s Possible)

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Don’t Rush This After a Parkinson’s Diagnosis (But Don’t Ignore It Either)

14

Parkinson’s Isn’t What I Thought It Would Be

15

Could Improved Circulation Support Daily Life?

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Can You Keep Working with Parkinson’s? Legal Rights, Disclosure, and Support

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What Singing Is Teaching Us About Parkinson’s | Kristin Norderval

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Why Parkinson’s Patients Must Speak Up (And How to Start)

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Perseverance with Parkinson’s: Gary Gosselin’s Story

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Early Parkinson’s Diagnosis: A Journey from Shock to Living Proactively

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Her Dad Has Parkinson’s — Here’s Why She Got Genetic Testing

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REM Behavior Disorder and Parkinson’s: Why Acting Out Dreams Matters: #171

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#170: Sleep Apnea & Parkinson’s: What You Need to Know

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#169: Freezing of Gait in Parkinson’s: Causes, Risks, and Treatments

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#167: 14 Years In: What Parkinson’s Taught Me About Living

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#166: Preparing for Your Parkinson’s Appointment: What Doctors Really Need to Know | Dr. Mantri

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#165: The Parkinson's Medication Rollercoaster

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#164: Changes overtime with Parkinson's

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#163: "My Dad was diagnosed with Parkinson's, but he's still an Inspiration!!"

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#162: Adapting to Life with Parkinson's Disease

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#161: Meeting Others with Parkinson’s at YOPD Con (Seattle 2025)

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#160: 'Sooner On SI' Publisher opens up about his Parkinson's diagnosis

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#159: You can still enjoy life with Parkinson's - one boaters perspective

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#158: Living with Parkinson’s? These 3 Things Can Change Everything.

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#157: "Twitch: My Life with Parkinson's" by AnnMarie O'Connor

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#156: Is Parkinson’s Preventable? With Ray Dorsey

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#155: Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) - insights from the family

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#153: Importance of Elder Law and Estate Planning with Parkinson's

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#151: PERSONALIZED Parkinson's information based on YOUR needs - TurnTo AI

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#150: From Script to Screen - Crafting a Parkinson's Story!

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#148: Parkinson's & DBS: Jessica's Fears and Hopes for the Future

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#149: Parkinson's Community - @MYPDPARTY Building Social Connections

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#147: A Caregiver Tool: How Mejo is Making Life Easier

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#146: Behind the Podcast - A Mission to Change Parkinson's

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#145: The Parkinson’s Foundation Helpline: Real Answers from a Real Person

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#143: Constipation is a common early symptom of Parkinson's disease.

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#144: I Just Got Diagnosed with Parkinson’s – What Now?

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#142: Learn how people with Parkinson's can Regain and Retain your Speech and Swallowing

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#141: Learn more about the Emotional challenges with Parkinson's

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#140: Parkinson's diagnosis journey, then cancer, then retire...a personal journey with YOPD

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#137: Documenting the Parkinson's Journey: A Call to Action

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#138: Therapy as a resource for people with Parkinson's (from a Therapist who is living PD)

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#139: Embracing the Journey of Caregiving

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#136: Navigating Life with Parkinson's: Acceptance and Support

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#134: People with Parkinson's on DBS - one with and one without

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#135: Parkinson's and Cognitive Function

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#133: A Young-Onset Parkinson's Journey: The first year

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#132: Police and Parkinson's

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#131: Sex and Parkinson's w/Dr. Evans

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#130: The Beech Band in Action at PDNextSteps!!

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#129: The Parkinson's Experience - Living Solo vs. Shared Support (Raw Emotion)

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#127: Dance in the New Year with Parkinson's

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#126: Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)...is it time for me?

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#124: Beech Band - a Parkinson's innovation created by a YOPD patient

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#123: Random Parkinson's talk with Brian and Jess

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#122: Parkinson's and Dry Needling

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#120: YOPD patient turned advocate for the Brian Grant Foundation

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#119: "Together for Sharon" - Parkinson's patient advocate

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#118: Parkinson's Community: My YOPD ladies are here!!!

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#117: Body Temperature and its potential effect on Parkinson's

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116: What is Sundowning?

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#115: A Young-onset Parkinson's advocate - Allie Signorelli

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#111: Life with a Parkinson's parent - a teenagers perspective

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#113: Overcoming Challenges with Parkinson's exercises

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#110: The Ultimate Online Resource for Parkinson's...coming soon!!

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#109: Parkinson's and the Hospital - changes are happening

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#108: Easy Movement in Bed - Sheets for Parkinson's Comfort

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#107: Pain with Parkinson’s…viewers comments

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#112: Inside Parkinson's Care: Insights from a Nurse Practitioner

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#105: Let's talk Duopa for Parkinson's

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#104: Women with Parkinson's with Rachel Flanagen

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#102: Parkinson's and SIBO (Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth)

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#103: Parkinson's advocate and podcaster, Mr. Larry Gifford!

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#101: Living with Parkinson's for 9 years

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#100!!!!! Top Parkinson's Podcasts

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#99: Skeptical about taking Parkinson's medication?

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#97: Living with Parkinson's led them to Love

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#96: Why Physical Therapy is a must for Parkinson's

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#98: Dopamine and the Power of Socializing

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#94: Parkinson's and Gut Health - Can Probiotics help you?

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#95: Did surgery trigger my Parkinson's?

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#93: Coping with Parkinson's arm pain and masked face

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#92: Parkinson's and your hospital action plan

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#91: Preventing Falls with Parkinson's: Can You Do It?

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#90: Symptoms come and go

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#88: What topics to expect in 2024 from The Secret Life of Parkinson's

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#87: Do you have Parkinson's and suffer from shoulder pain?

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#86: Art therapy for Parkinson's

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#85: Parkinson's Psychosis - a Care Partner perspective

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#83: How to manage a job search while living with Parkinson's

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#82: Parkinson's and falling

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#81: Roz's Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) surgery 1 year later

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#79 & #80: Uncovering the 5 Neurodegenerative Parkinsonisms

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#78: The 'Cookie Queen' of Columbus, OH and her journey with Parkinson's Disease

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#77: DBS Journey in Canada vs. the USA - A Patient's Perspective

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#76: Blake Bookstaff - author of “You have Young-onset Parkinson’s Disease

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#75: A deep, personal view of The National Plan to End Parkinson's Act with Fred Piccolo

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#74: Unveiling the National Plan to End Parkinson's Act: An interview with Chris Jones

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#73: Parkinson's clinical research on exercise

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#72: Do's and Don'ts of Surgery with Parkinson's

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#71: Kirk Gibson Foundation talks plans for Parkinson's in Michigan

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#70: Tips and Tricks to Living with Parkinson's

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#69: Jessica's young-onset Parkinson's journey: Advocacy, Faith, and Personal Growth

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#68: Unlocking the Power of Exercise: A Guide for Parkinson's Patients

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#67: How loved ones deal with your Parkinson's

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#66: Reel and Real: Exploring Carbidopa/Levodopa and Parkinson's in Cinema

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#65: Living with Parkinson's? You need this kit!

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#64: Discover the Michael J Fox Foundation and Team Fox

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#63: Parkinson's revealed: Vital knowledge for every patient!

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#62: Brian's first vacation since his Parkinson's diagnosis

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#61: Takeaways from Team Fox MVP event

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#60: Employment advice when living with Parkinson's

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#59: The good and bad: Reactions from family & friends to my Parkinson's diagnosis

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#58: A therapists journey with Parkinson's

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Episode 57: The Ripple Effect: How a Woman's Fundraiser Created a Parkinson's Community

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Episode 56: Parkinson's patient making a difference globally and locally

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Episode 55: Answering (and asking for) your Parkinson's questions!

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Episode 54: MRI guided Focused Ultrasound (FUS) for Parkinson's Disease

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Episode 53: Parkinson's and Pickleball...and a different approach to DBS

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Episode 52: Everyday with Parkinson's is different

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Episode 51: What is the Parkinson's Progression Marker Initiative (PPMI) and what are we learning?

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Episode 50: When Parkinson's is in the family

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Episode 49: Experiencing new pain with Parkinson’s

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Episode 48: 5 things to bring to your next PD appointment

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Episode 47: Parkinson's and your voice

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Episode 46: There are no standards for Parkinson's Disease

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Quick Parkinson’s Highlights - 2022 Year End

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Episode 45: People with Parkinson's need to exercise their VOICES!

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Episode 44: Botulinum toxin (Botox) for Parkinson's symptoms? Really?

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Episode 43: How to enjoy the Holidays when living with Parkinson's

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Episode 42: People with Parkinson's managing "Freezing of Gait"

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Episode 41: #MOVEmber4PD with Jimmy Choi

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Episode 40: People with Parkinson's running marathons

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Episode 39: Things we wish we knew when we were diagnosed with Parkinson's

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Episode 38: How do people living with Parkinson's view the disease: a detour or a roadblock?

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Episode 37: The last steps of the DBS (deep brain stimulation) surgery - getting it turned on!

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Episode 36: Can a traumatic life experience accelerate a Parkinson's diagnosis?

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Episode 35: Why strength training is critical for Parkinson's patients

149

Episode 34: How the Parkinson's Foundation can help people living with Parkinson's today!

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Episode 33: Life with Parkinson's...and heart disease...and 2x breast cancer survivor

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Episode 32: Light laser therapy for Parkinson's

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Episode 31: Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) surgery - before it's turned on

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Episode 30: A day in the life of Parkinson's - the play!

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Episode 29: How the 5KforJK Parkinson's fundraiser connects the PD community

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Episode 28: Criteria Parkinson's patients can use to find the best Neurologist for them

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SPECIAL EPISODE: 5 Yoga movements Parkinson's patients can do in a chair

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Episode 27: How Yoga can help Parkinson's symptoms

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Episode 26: PD patient's fears and excitement for DBS surgery

159

Episode 25: Talking to your kids about Parkinson's

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SPECIAL EDITION! DBS feedback from a patient - Brian!

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Episode 24: When DBS is turned on - update on Roz

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Episode 23: Tips from a Parkinson's Caregiver

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Episode 22: Parkinson's and your career

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Episode 21: How to take Parkinson's Medication

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Episode 20: Common signs of apathy and depression in Parkinson's patients

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Episode 19: Why Bigger is Better with Parkinson's exercises

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Episode 18: Things we fear with a Parkinson’s diagnosis

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SPECIAL EPISODE: DBS Patient Update - Roz Parish

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Episode 17: Steps Parkinson's patients can take when experiencing freezing of gait

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Episode 16: Steve's DBS Party Trick

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Episode 15: "Is There a Doctor in the house"

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Episode 14: "Live from New York!"

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Episode 13: Steve's Story, "Pass the Kool Aid"

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Episode 12: The Journey of Young Onset

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Episode 11: Business Owners and Parkinson's

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Episode 10: Be Sad or be Stoic

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Episode 9: Your Coming out Party

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Episode 8: Tricks of the Trade

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Episode 7: Prepping for DBS

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Episode 6: "Jessie, why so many squats?"

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Episode 5: I want to cut off my toe!

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Episode 4: For the Love of Naps

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Episode 3: Did you see that?

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Episode 2: Joyless

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Episode 1: We Have Parkinson's