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Donate to PRO!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...
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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...
January 31, 2015
GIVING AND GRATITUDE BENEFIT YOUR PHYSICAL HEALTH
Below are seven ways a generous spirit and a grateful attitude can improve your physical well-being -- something that should be a priority all...
January 31, 2015
QUALITY OF LIFE-PALLIATIVE AND HOSPICE CARE
Palliative care is meant to make the patient more comfortable. To palliate is to make a disease or its symptoms less severe or unpleasant...
January 31, 2015
FDA APPROVES CARBIDOPA/LEVODOPA ER (RYTARY) IN PARKINSON’S
Many people in the Parkinson’s world are very excited by the approval of Extended Release (ER) Rytary by the FDA. The drug should be...
December 31, 2014
RECIPE FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR
To our visitors and all those who follow Parkinson's Resource Organization, the following "recipe" is shared with a light heart and smile and wishes...
December 31, 2014
HOPE IN MOTION
Parkinson’s brings new experiences we don’t really want, decisions we’d prefer not to make, and challenges that, given the choice, we’d really rather not...
December 31, 2014
HEALTHY MAKES HAPPY: 5 NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS FOR A HEALTHIER LIFE AND A HAPPY 2015
As the calendar turns to New Year 2015, what resolutions should you make to get healthier and happier in the next 12 months? Here...
November 30, 2014
IT’S THAT GIFTING TIME OF YEAR
As the month of December is upon us, many of us get caught up with end of year planning. There are various techniques individuals...
November 30, 2014
CEREBELLAR THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME, PARKINSON’S, AND TMJ
The findings of Fernandez Noda in his investigation of transitory decreased brain blood flow is something that everyone with Parkinson’s should read and be...
October 31, 2014
DEPRESSION AND THERAPY FOR PEOPLE WITH PARKINSON’S
A person doesn’t have to have Parkinson’s to become depressed. From a survey taken in 2005 it indicated that about 6.7 percent of U.S....
