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AVOID OPIOIDS! PHYSIOTHERAPY IS PAIN MANAGEMENT
In the last twenty years the sale and use of opioids have more than QUADRUPLED in the US, according to the Centers for Disease...
February 28, 2018
PRO Monthly Newsletter - March 2018
February 1, 2018
HOW TO RESPOND TO A DATA BREACH
This information is provided as information only and should not be considered investment, tax or legal advice or a recommendation to buy or sell...
February 1, 2018
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT FEBRUARY 2018
Already looking at the month of LOVE. We wish a HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY to all of you. Here at PRO we love working so...
February 1, 2018
NAVIGATING CHALLENGES AT THE PHARMACY-A PHARMACIST’S PERSPECTIVE
In May of 2000, I had finally finished my long and difficult road of higher level education. I finished not only with a bachelor’s...
February 1, 2018
A COUNTRY THAT PUNISHES DRUG TRAFFICKERS WITH DEATH IS INVESTING IN MEDICAL MARIJUANA
One of the countries with the world’s harshest drug laws is planning to invest in medicinal pot. Singapore’s National Research Foundation (NRF) this month (Jan....
February 1, 2018
ARE WOMEN WITH PARKINSON’S AT A DISADVANTAGE?
FRIDAY, Dec. 8, 2017 (HealthDay News) — Women with Parkinson’s disease appear to face a disadvantage: They’re much less likely than men to have...
February 1, 2018
EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION
Do you fill all your prescriptions at the same pharmacy? I know of one prescription you can’t fill at any pharmacy, your Exercise Prescription! There...
January 31, 2018
PRO Monthly Newsletter - February 2018
January 1, 2018
NEURO-OPTOMETRIC REHABILITATION
Vision impairment appears often in people with Parkinson’s, but perhaps more particularly in people with Parkinsonisms, such as PSP. There are very few Neuro-Optometric...
January 1, 2018
PHYSICAL THERAPY/OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY/SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY SERVICES ARE THERE HIGHER CAPS FOR PEOPLE WITH PARKINSON’S?
Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) helps pay for medically necessary outpatient physical and occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology services. There are limits on these...
January 1, 2018
EXERCISE: MEDICINE FOR YOUR BRAIN
One of the best ways to care for your body is regular physical activity. We all know that exercise is good for our heart,...
January 1, 2018
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT JANUARY 2018
HAPPY NEW YEAR my friends. Thank you for being our support this past year. We wish to have you by our side in the...
January 1, 2018
2018 MEDICAID REGIONAL NURSING HOME RATES – New York
The following rates are to be used for calculating penalty periods for uncompensated transfers by institutionalized individuals applying for Medicaid coverage on or after...
December 30, 2017
INSPIRATIONAL POEM
I’m tired as hell my vision is blurred My tremor’s in overdrive my speech is all slurredBut I’m used to it been like this...
