Calendar
Groups
Print Newsletters
Donate to PRO!April 1, 2021
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT - APRIL 2021
A Message from the President With the Ides of March behind us, we look forward to PARKINSON’S AWARENESS MONTH, April. For those of us in...
Read More
April 1, 2021
Bits and Pieces April 2021
BITS AND PIECES WHAT WORSENS PARKINSON'S DISEASE? Medication changes, infection, dehydration, sleep deprivation, recent surgery, stress, or other medical problems can worsen PD symptoms. Urinary tract...
April 1, 2021
WHEN YOUR MEDICATION IS NO LONGER WORKING WELL, THERE MAY BE ANOTHER OPTION
WHEN YOUR MEDICATION IS NO LONGER WORKING WELL, THERE MAY BE ANOTHER OPTION Published with permission from Boston Scientific When 54-year-old Suzanne Friedman got diagnosed with...
April 30, 2019
PARKINSON’S DISEASE FORUM GIVES MEDICAL MARIJUANA PLATFORM FOR 1ST TIME
An online survey circulated among physicians who treat Parkinson’s disease found that 80% of their patients had used cannabis to treat their symptoms. Furthermore,...
April 30, 2019
SEROTONIN SYNDROME: 7 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
Serotonin syndrome is a dangerous reaction to antidepressant drugs Serotonin Syndrome – Serotonin is a neurotransmitter (a naturally occurring brain chemical) that helps regulate mood...
April 30, 2019
THINKING OUT OF THE BOX
In a small Italian town, hundreds of years ago, a small business owner owed a large sum of money to a loan shark. The...
April 30, 2019
ICBI UPDATE: A New Experimental Brain Stimulation Treatment Shows Promise in Restoring the Movement of Patients with Chronic Parkinson’s disease (PD)
Canadian researchers are developing a new brain stimulation treatment to restore movement in Parkinson’s patients according to which previously housebound patients are now able...
April 10, 2019
ICBI UPDATE A REAL-TIME SCIENCE REPORT MORE HOPE FOR PARKINSON’S CURE
Recently, Stanford researchers were able to improve the cognitive function of older mice after blocking a protein's activity on brain cells known as microglia....
December 28, 2018
FDA APPROVES INBRIJA
FDA Approves Inbrija (levodopa inhalation powder) for Intermittent Treatment of OFF Episodes in People with Parkinson’s Disease ARDSLEY, NY–(Business Wire) December 21, 2018 — Acorda...
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...
March 31, 2018
PROTANDIM NRF2 GENETICALLY BIOHACK YOUR GENE EXPRESSION
What if you could increase your Glutathione, L-dopamine naturally?? Pre and diagnosed PD patients are given L-Dopamine as a treatment to slow down progression,...
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
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...
March 2, 2018
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...
