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PopHealth Week: Precision Medicine, Patient Power, and the Race to Stop Parkinson's Before It Starts
This episode explores the 'What if' question of a scratch-and-sniff test mailed to your home could be your first step toward stopping Parkinson's disease, before motor symptoms ever appear? Host Fred Goldstein, MS, sits with Caitlin Kelliher, Director of Patient Engagement at The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, for a deep dive into the Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI), the largest observational study of its kind, now 16 years in. Caitlin unpacks the landmark discovery of the first biological marker of Parkinson's, the role of smell loss and sleep disorders…
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