Tagged PARKINSONS DISEASE

Decoding genetic risk factors for Parkinson’s disease

Staff Writer
Event, Health and Fitness
December 22, 2017

PHOTO: Movement disorders neurologist, Dr. Penelope Hogarth (right), and her study coordinator, Katrina Wakeman (left), chat with a couple who have been a part of the PPMI research study at OHSU for six years. Photo by Naji Saker Story by Puneet Rai You make lifestyle choices every day that affect your health. Perhaps you…

Living With Parkinson’s

Staff Writer
Article
October 2, 2013

Ashland resident Judy Visser was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease 11 years ago. A wife/mother/grandmother, Judy was a teacher and education director for Temple Emek Shalom who lived the active Southern Oregon lifestyle. This could have been a devastating diagnosis. This should have been a devastating diagnosis. Our telephone interview, though, began with music: Judy played a…