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Road to The Cure May 2013 Update
We are happy to be in our new office and laboratory space continuing on our mission “Road to the Cure.” For a better understanding of this update, you may want to refer to the earlier updates in the PRO Monthly newsletter. Our current update follows: Van Andel Institute-SDBC Parkinson’s Collaboration A Principal Investigator from Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, visited the SDBC for three days in the first week of … [Read More...]
The Story of The Blind Girl
THE STORY OF A BLIND GIRL There was a blind girl who hated herself just because she was blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her. She said that if she could only see the world, she would marry her boyfriend. One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her and then she could see everything, including her boyfriend. Her boyfriend asked her, “now that you can see the world, will you marry … [Read More...]
TEN Questions to ask
TOP 10 QUESTIONS TO ASK BEFORE HIRING A HOME CARE AGENCY by Kerry Goss, Senior Helpers of The Desert While finding a caregiver on your own may initially appear to be less expensive, the cost difference becomes negligible when time, taxes, insurance and your security are factored in. When considering hiring a caregiver to help with services in your home, make sure you know the facts. The decision to hire a caregiver can be … [Read More...]
Using Your Smartphone to Treat Your TMD
Dr. Stephen M. Winber, DDS MPS TMJ Therapy and Sleep Center of Colorado. Chronic pain is a big problem in America, where medications often cause more harm than good. Right now, doctors and state governments are struggling to combat a growing epidemic of prescription pain medication abuse. Unfortunately, over-the-counter drugs are also causing problems; in fact, right now, acetaminophen toxicity is the leading cause of liver failure … [Read More...]
Green Tea!
GREEN TEA The main antioxidant in green tea could be a potent way to prevent Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative diseases, according to research done by Prof. Moussa Youdim and Dr. Silvia Mandel, co-director of the Parkinson Foundation Centers at the Technion. The substance, EGCG, can enter brain cells and keep neurons from dying. Mandel found that even after many neurons have already been damaged, the green tea antioxidant … [Read More...]
Not Just Tremor
NOT JUST TREMOR: RECOGNIZING DEPRESSION AND OTHER NON-MOTOR SYMPTOMS OF PARKINSON’S DISEASE People like boxing legend Muhammad Ali and actor Michael J. Fox have helped to deepen the understanding of Parkinson’s disease as a movement disorder. Ali shows the most conspicuous symptoms of Parkinson’s; a slow, shuffling gait, rigid movements, hand tremors, and an expressionless face. Fox, on the other hand, shows many common side … [Read More...]
Is your Doctor Leaving the Medicare Program? Planning for Healthcare
Congress and the Obama administration continue to discuss the budget deficit, and cuts to Medicare are a part of the discussion. The Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR) is a method the U.S. government uses to control spending on physician services by reducing the amount Medicare pays in order to reach target expenditures. The so-called “doc fix” has been used by Congress in the past to suspend or adjust these cuts. Now according … [Read More...]
Can you get Lasting TMD Relief From Special Headbands?
by Dr. Kevin Berry, DDS, TMJ Therapy and Sleep Center of Colorado. TMJ disorder causes trying symptoms that make life nearly unbearable. Because temporomandibular joint disorder is so debilitating, sufferers are often pushed toward surgical procedures that make permanent changes to bone and tissue within the jaw joint. Since they are afraid of painful, invasive surgery, many TMD patients are willing to give holistic treatments a try. … [Read More...]
California’s Telephone Access Program
Do you have difficulty using the phone? Do you, or does anyone you know, have difficulty using the telephone? Perhaps you have trouble with one of the following: Can’t hear the other person? The other person can’t hear you? The numbers on the telephone pad are too small? Are unable to get to the telephone in time before it stops ringing? The California Telephone Access Program (CTAP) provides adaptive telephone … [Read More...]
Geewhiz®
Urinary Incontinence often forces men to use adult diapers. Adult diapers can be inconvenient, embarrassing and difficult for you and your caregiver. Men who have found GeeWhiz® to be a great alternative Incontinence Product are those who are hoping for more freedom for themselves and their caregivers. If you are looking to move away from all of the challenges of adult diapers, such as, embarrassing odor, tell-tell bulging and frequent … [Read More...]
GeeWhiz® For Male Urinary Incontinence
GEEWHIZ® FOR MALE URINARY INCONTINENCE “Gadget guy” and inventor Paul Dwork, a pharmacist in Camarillo, California created the GeeWhiz® Male External Condom Catheter for urine collection, which won the 2008 Medical Design Excellence Award. The product has been approved for Medicare Coverage, and the cost is minimal and the benefits are wonderful. “We come into this world in diapers but there is no need to leave it in … [Read More...]
Treatment Offers Help
TREATMENT OFFERS HELP by Risto E. Hurme, DDS (San Antonio, Texas) Could Parkinson’s disease actually be an advanced stage of TMJD (Temporomandibular Jaw Disorder)? A couple of years ago PRO held the “Quality of Life Symposium” in Indian Wells, CA where doctors addressed that question. The conference brought together members of the medical and dental professions, and patients, to share information that perhaps these two … [Read More...]
Paid In Full With One Glass of Milk
One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was hungry. He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, “How much do I … [Read More...]
Bringing Medical Advances to those in Need
IMAGINE... HELPING TO BRING NEW MEDICAL ADVANCEMENTS TO THOSE IN NEED.... Have you heard of Prozac®, Cymbalta®, Aricept®, Imitrex® or Paxel®? Maybe you take one of them. These are just a few medications that California Clinical Trials (CCT) was instrumental in getting to the market through their medical research studies. Since 1986, CCT has conducted hundreds of medical research studies. When you qualify for a study, you … [Read More...]
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