Parkinson's causes many muscular and skeletal changes that lead to excerbation of other symptoms and can cause considerable motor issues. In this article, we outline these symptoms, how to spot them early and how. to prevent long term issues and maintain quality of life

मराठीत वाचा I met an anesthesiologist at my friend’s house. When my friend informed her that I was connected to Parkinson’s Mitra Mandal,...

हिंदी में पढ़े मराठीत वाचा In one of my previous blogs I had mentioned that it is difficult to diagnose Parkinson’s disease in Parkinson’s patients without the tremors.  We will talk about it, but later.  Before that it is important to talk a little about Parkinson’s diagnosis.    There is no single specific test or examination for the diagnosis of Parkinson’s. There is no way to check for Parkinson’s, like blood pressure or diabetes. Hence, the process of diagnosis is complic

हिंदी में पढ़े मराठीत वाचा My cousin, Anil Kunkerkar , called me from Mumbai. His brother in law had been diagnosed with PD. Anil said,” I have heard that you can cure Parkinson’s.” I was speechless, I had been trying to create an awareness against those claiming to cure Parkinson’s. I warned by writing and raising my voice for Parkinson’s literacy. Was this all in vain? Not hearing my reply, Anil asked, “Can you hear me?”   I replied, rising from my stupor,” Oh, yes yes ! I

मराठीत वाचा हिंदी में पढे 11th April is celebrated as World Parkinson’s Day, it is also the death anniversary of our member Mohan Kulkarni.  He was very Soft spoken, intelligent, large hearted and a lover of music. Once when we went to visit him, he commented, “Parkinson’s is one of my many ailments.” He was a man of less words, maybe because he was hard of hearing. But my husband and he belonged to the same line of work hence became good friends.  He was the HR head at KSB.

मराठीत वाचा हिंदी में पढ़े Today is Ram Navami. We are missing Dr. Deshpande a lot. Every year on Ram Navami, when we visited the Daulat...

मराठीत वाचा हिंदी में पढ़े Parkinson’s Mitra Mandal does not have an independent office.  We hold the executive committee meetings at the residence of the members.  The criteria to choose the meeting place is that it should be centrally located making it easily accessible for the participants.  One of our well-wisher, Rekha Acharya has been asking us to hold this meeting at her residence for the last seven to eight years. But, she lived in the MIT campus making it inconvenien

मराठीत वाचा हिंदी में पढ़े Old age and Parkinson’s have always been linked as have tremors and Parkinson’s.  Initially, I too believed...

Shobhana Tirthali हिंदी में पढ़े मराठीत वाचा Today let us talk about, Anjali Mahajan, who is the epitome of social awareness, enthusiasm...