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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
By Morris Klein, CELA, CAP. March 1, 2013 — In the wake of the January 2013 repeal of the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act, Congress legislated the formation of a bi-partisan Commission on Long-Term Care to develop a plan to make long-term care services available to elderly individuals, individuals with substantial [...]
9/27/2013 Carnavalia 2013 by Marilou Niggemann, MPA The Assistance Fund cordially invites you to our 2nd annual gala, Carnavalia… A Celebration of Life! This whimsical event will transport you to a place where health thrives and no one is denied medications because of an inability to pay. The gala will be held on Friday, September [...]
So often misdiagnosed and unattended to – so often given a prescription for Nexium or something similar – so often, so uncomfortable for the patient – and so often overlooked by the medical profession. Many people with Parkinson’s, after a long usage of medications, suffer needlessly. What is GERD (acid reflux)? Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease, [...]
by Janet Kohtz, OD, FCOVD, NORA For 20 years optometric clinicians and researchers have been aware of the power of prisms and lenses resolving many medical and neurological issues including Parkinson’s disease, post concussive syndrome, (aka post traumatic vision syndrome), stroke and lyme disease. There are a number of symptoms that develop over time [...]
Hygienist applies her skills to cope with disease beyond pills by Carla Gantz, RDH It was Tuesday, May 9th 2006 when I heard the words “You have Parkinson Disease” (PD) with my husband by my side. My first thought was not being able to retire at the lake house as planned. The doctor’s voice immediately [...]
Recently many academies and institutes have been covering TMJ and TMD work. The National Institutes of Health discusses TMJ DISORDERS, produced and distributed by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research in partnership with the Office of Research on Women’s Health, components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. The challenges [...]
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