April 1, 2015
ROAD TO THE CURE UPDATE APRIL 2015
THE SAN DIEGO BIOTECH COMPANY (SDBC) “…important that the drugs capable of modifying the disease have an easy access to the central nervous system.” We...
April 1, 2015
“STROLL AT SEA FOR PARKINSON'S DISEASE”
The 3rd annual Parkinson’s Cruise & “Stroll at Sea for PD” Awareness Walk onboard a ship on a cruise to Alaska PD Style is...
April 1, 2015
EINSTEIN AND BILLY GRAHAM
Billy Graham is now 96 years old with Parkinson’s disease. In January 2000 leaders in Charlotte, North Carolina invited ‘their favorite son’, Billy Graham, to a luncheon...
April 1, 2015
6 WAYS DOGS HELP EASE DEPRESSION SYMPTOMS
Dogs, of course, are good for depression. Both of my dogs have helped me with my moods more than I thought was capable of things...
April 1, 2015
MEDI-CAL “SPOUSAL IMPOVERISHMENT” FIGURES FOR 2015
The California Department of Health Services has issued the revised “Spousal Resource Allowance” and “Minimum Monthly Maintenance Needs Allowance” figures for 2015. These are...
April 1, 2015
KNOWING WHEN YOUR LOVED ONE IS NO LONGER SAFE AT HOME
It wasn’t too long ago I finally took time out of my busy schedule to take a trip to my mom’s house. Phone calls...
March 1, 2015
WHAT IS AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY?
Website: NLM.nih.gov/medlineplus/ Autonomic Neuropathy is a group of symptoms that occur when there is damage to the nerves that manage every day body functions such...
March 1, 2015
The Legend of the DREAM CATCHER
A spider was quietly spinning his web in his own space. It was beside the sleeping space of Nokomis, the grandmother. Each day, Nokomis...
March 1, 2015
PROVOCATIVE
The dust jacket of the book The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton Christensen, a classic book on innovation published by the Harvard Business School Press...
March 1, 2015
GROWING GOOD CORN
There was a Nebraska farmer who grew award-winning corn. Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won a blue...
March 1, 2015
HELP REPEAL MEDICARE THERAPY CAPS
Many with Parkinson’s Disease use physical, occupational, and speech-language therapy services to maintain their quality of life and independence. Unfortunately, Medicare limits or “caps”...
March 1, 2015
BEER COULD HELP WARD OFF PARKINSON'S, SAY SCIENTISTS
Originally published here. Regularly drinking beer could help slow dementia, research suggests. Scientists have discovered an ingredient in hops which they think could slow the...
March 1, 2015
HEALTH BENEFITS OF EPICATECHIN
If you have Parkinson’s and are looking for treatments beyond the pharmaceutical products you may be taking, you’ve probably heard of neuroprotective therapies. Traditional...
March 1, 2015
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT MARCH 2015
With the Luck of the Irish upon us, PRO feels super lucky to report its UPDATE ON THE ROAD TO THE CURE along with...
March 1, 2015
ROAD TO THE CURE UPDATE MARCH 2015
THE SAN DIEGO BIOTECH COMPANY (SDBC) Scientists at RUMC confirmed the drug did bind to primates’ Parkinson’s lesions opening up the door for testing...