April 30, 2018
IMPROVING VOCAL LOUDNESS: WHAT IS LSVT LOUD?
LSVT LOUD® is an effective speech treatment for individuals with Parkinson disease (PD) and other neurological conditions. LSVT LOUD, named for Mrs. Lee Silverman (Lee...
April 30, 2018
VITAMINS AND MINERALS
Excerpts taken from WebMD So when your doctor, or someone else’s says “Well, that’s Parkinson’s” do you just accept that as being so, or do...
April 30, 2018
ROAD TO THE CURE UPDATE MAY 2018
Helplessness makes us susceptible to fall victims to the surroundings. This is exactly what happened to the numerous Parkinson’s disease patients who, due to...
April 30, 2018
PRO Monthly Newsletter - May 2018
April 29, 2018
12 REASONS WHY SITTING TOO MUCH IS BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH
Dementia Is More Likely If you sit too much, your brain could look just like that of someone with dementia. Sitting also raises your risk...
April 25, 2018
WOW! The WV made the news again!
HELPING PEOPLE HELP THEMSELVES, PRO’S WELLNESS VILLAGE RECEIVES A MAJOR BOOST Amazingly, during Parkinson’s Awareness Month, PRO was granted a major boost to expand their Wellness...
April 7, 2018
Dentists - Helping Improve Quality of Life for Parkinson’s Patients
My patients with Parkinson’s disease who are being treated with oral appliance therapy and/or physical therapies are reporting significant improvement in their quality of...
March 31, 2018
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT APRIL 2018
April is a very spiritual month this year (having started March 30th), as I have acknowledged at the bottom of this message, but it...
March 31, 2018
DON’T BE A STIFF! EVEN IF THAT’S HOW YOUR JOINTS FEEL!
Ever get that pain first thing in the morning? You know, that achy stiffness in your joints. It comes back later after you’ve sat...
March 31, 2018
PRO Monthly Newsletter - April 2018
March 30, 2018
ROAD TO THE CURE UPDATE MARCH 2018
ICBI UPDATE ON THE ROAD TO THE CURE PROMISING PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER’S AND LEWY BODY PATIENTS WITH AN ANTIBODY DRUG Debilitation due to...
March 30, 2018
WHAT IS RYTARY?
Carbidopa and levodopa is a combination medicine used to treat symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, such as muscle stiffness, tremors, spasms, and poor muscle control....
March 30, 2018
IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS FOLLOW DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION OF THE SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE CLINICAL ASPECTS
Polyvios Demetriades,1 Hugh Rickards,1 and Andrea Eugenio Cavanna1,2,3 1University of Birmingham Medical School, Birmingham B152TT, UK 2Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Birmingham and BSMHFT, Barberry Building, 25...
March 30, 2018
WHAT IS MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY? A PARKINSON(ISM)
National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a combination of symptoms that affect both...
March 30, 2018
ROAD TO THE CURE UPDATE APRIL 2018
Could Parkinson’s Be Next? With the population living longer, neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s (AD) and Parkinson’s (PD) diseases have become an increasing economic threat...