May 1, 2013
TEN QUESTIONS TO ASK BEFORE HIRING A HOME CARE AGENCY
While finding a caregiver on your own may initially appear to be less expensive, the cost difference becomes negligible when time, taxes, insurance and...
May 1, 2013
Using Your Smartphone to Treat Your TMD
Chronic pain is a big problem in America, where medications often cause more harm than good. Right now, doctors and state governments are struggling...
May 1, 2013
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....
May 1, 2013
Not Just Tremor
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....
May 1, 2013
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...
May 1, 2013
Can You Get Lasting TMD Relief From Special Headbands?
TMJ disorder causes trying symptoms that make life nearly unbearable. Because temporomandibular joint disorder is so debilitating, sufferers are often pushed toward surgical procedures...
March 29, 2013
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...
March 29, 2013
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...
March 29, 2013
Treatment Offers Help
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...
March 29, 2013
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...
March 29, 2013
Bringing Medical Advances 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...
March 29, 2013
The New Commission on Long Term Care
March 1, 2013 — In the wake of the January 2013 repeal of the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act, Congress legislated...
March 29, 2013
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT MAY 2013
With the Ides of March behind us we look forward to PARKINSON’S AWARENESS MONTH, April. For those in the trenches of Parkinson’s, every day is...
March 4, 2013
ROAD TO THE CURE UPDATE MARCH 2013
The momentum in the SDBC’s Road to the Cure continues to accelerate. The interest of world renowned scientists and perhaps the world’s largest Parkinson’s...
March 4, 2013
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT MARCH 2013
February was another incredible month. In addition to it being my first month of being back to long distance driving since back surgery in...