Mindfulness for movement disorders and more

Enhancing cognitive health and wellness

Mindfulness can improve mood symptoms and enhance cognitive health and wellness, according to Jennifer Medina, Ph.D., a clinical neuropsychologist who specializes in cognitive assessment, psychotherapy, and brain health.

Dr. Medina's seven-minute meditation video, above, was recorded to improve mood symptoms and enhance cognitive health and wellness. You can hear her presentation on brain health and supporting lifestyle strategies that can protect and optimize brain functions at the 2022 Rocky Mountain Huntington's Disease Family Education Day on October 29. Click here for more information on this free event.

Can’t make it on the 29th? Experience the symposium online on Facebook and the Movement Disorders Foundation website on Saturday, November 12, beginning at 9:00 am. Register here for the streamed event. The 2022 Rocky Mountain Huntington's Disease Family Education Day is underwritten in part by Teva Pharmaceuticals.

Five key facts to know about Parkinson's research

Click here to ask a question about Parkinson's research and get it answered at our first education symposium in the new year: Five Key Facts to Know About Parkinson's Research, on Saturday, March 4, 2023.

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Treating movement disorders: genetic testing, pt. 2

Marrisa Lafreniere, Certified Genetic Counselor at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, discusses the role of CAG repeats in the identification of Huntington's disease.

The gene responsible for Huntington's disease contains a sequence with several CAG repeats (Cytosine, Adenine, Guanine). We all have these CAG repeats in the gene that codes for the huntingtin protein, but people with HD have a greater number than usual of CAG repeats in one of the genes they inherited.

To hear Marrisa's full presentation, join us on Saturday, October 29, at Hampden Hall in Englewood, CO, for the 2022 Rocky Mountain Huntington's Disease Family Education Day. Click here for more information on this free event.

Video producer back in business as deep brain stimulation controls essential tremor

According to the Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Neurological Restoration, medications to help control essential tremor and Parkinson’s disease work in about 50% of patients. For the remainder, surgical therapies such as DBS become attractive options.

Click here to learn more about DBS and essential tremor.

Dr Rajeev Kumar on MDF research priorities

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Across the spectrum of movement disorders

Rajeev Kumar, MD, of the Rocky Mountain Movement Disorders Center and founding director of the Movement Disorders Foundation addresses the organization's priorities in funding research.

Enhancing cognitive health and wellness

Five key facts to know about Parkinson's research

Treating movement disorders: genetic testing, pt. 2

Video producer back in business as deep brain stimulation controls essential tremor

Across the spectrum of movement disorders

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