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PWF Co-Founders Bonnie and Derek Bandeen joined more than 250 Parkinson's advocates at the 2025 Parkinson's Policy Forum held in Washington, D.C. in September.
Ten participants then completed six months of a high-intensity exercise program, wearing heart-rate monitors and Fitbits. The target heart rate, defined as 80% of each person’s maximum heart rate, was reached in about two-thirds of all classes.
In a brief introduction to its first-ever series dedicated to Parkinson’s disease, the medical journal “The Lancet” offers two startling statistics. The first: Parkinson’s prevalence “is expected to increase to 12–17 million people by 2040.”
