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Understanding Medicare Coverage for Multiple Sclerosis Treatments

From: Healthline – www.healthline.com – Medically reviewed by Debra Sullivan, Ph.D., MSN, R.N., CNE, COI — Written by S. Behring — July 6, 2020 Medicare coverage  |  Covered treatments  |  What’s not covered  |  Costs  |  More about MS  |  Takeaway Managing multiple sclerosis often involves medications, therapies, and other treatments. Medicare will cover many…

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Understanding Medicare Coverage for Parkinson’s Disease Patients

From: Healthline – www.healthline.com – Medically reviewed by Shilpa Amin, M.D., CAQ, FAAFP — Written by Corey Whelan — Updated on April 21, 2021 Medicare coverage  |  What is covered?  |  What isn’t covered?  |  Parkinson’s disease  |  Takeaway Medicare covers medications, therapies, and other services involved treating Parkinson’s disease and its symptoms. Physical therapy,…

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The Michael J. Fox Foundation’s Efforts to Mitigate Parkinson’s Risk

From: Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research – www.michaeljfox.org by Rachel Dolhun, MD on January 6, 2021  A new study in the journal Neurology, led by Essi Hantikainen, PhD, of the University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy, links higher Vitamin C and E consumption to a lower risk of Parkinson’s disease (PD). For the study, researchers asked more than…

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Insights from the Midwest Young-Onset Parkinson Conference

While Parkinson’s disease most commonly hits patients later in life, it also impacts younger people. For that group of people and their families, Team Theracycle would like you to know about an Ohio event upcoming in mid-November 2012: The Midwest Young Onset Parkinson Conference. Our friend, Julie Sacks, Director, of the APDA National Young Onset Center in Winfield,…

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The Benefits of Tai Chi in Managing Parkinson’s Disease

Discontent with drug treatments and Deep Brain Stimulation approaches, many people living with Parkinson’s disease are exploring and pursuing a wide range of therapies to improve their symptoms. While The Theracycle Blog has extensively detailed how a “Forced Exercise” regimen of riding a Theracycle has benefited PD patients, worldwide—we think it’s important for our blog…

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Parkinson’s Disease: Navigating Life, Love, and Relationships

This week (first week of March 2012), Kim and Rich Rozek — the husband/wife team behind PD Talk Live!— are debuting a new weekly reality podcast on living with Parkinson’s Disease (PD): Drawing on their experiences (since Rich was diagnosed with early-stage Parkinson’s circa 10 years ago,) the “Life, Love, Relationships and Parkinson’s” podcasts will…

Jim Wong

Valuable Tips for Living Well with Parkinson’s Disease

Californian Jim Wong was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease at age 42. Since his diagnosis he’s been a tireless champion for others with PD –someone we truly admire. Educated as a bio-scientist at Princeton and Yale, Jim’s the past President of the California Parkinson’s Group, whom The Theracycle Blog has applauded in previous posts for its initiatives…