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Donate to PRO!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...
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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....
October 31, 2014
WHEN THE JAW JOINTS ARE IN REALLY BAD SHAPE
It does not happen too often, but there are times when the jaw joints are just really out of place and/or damaged beyond their...
October 31, 2014
RED MARBLES
Abe Miller was bagging some early potatoes for me. I noticed a small boy, delicate of bone and feature, ragged but clean, hungrily apprising...
September 30, 2014
THERAPEUTIC PARKINSON’S VACCINE
FIRST CLINICAL DATA OF THERAPEUTIC PARKINSON’S VACCINE ENCOURAGES CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT NEW YORK & VIENNA, July 31, 2014 /PRNewswire Many of the attendees in our support groups this past month asked...
September 30, 2014
HOW MUCH DOES AN IN HOME CAREGIVER COST?
You start to notice little things when you visit your parents…the kitchen hasn’t been cleaned for days, you aren’t sure if they are taking their...
September 30, 2014
WHAT IS SUNDOWNING, WHAT CAUSES IT AND HOW DOES IT IMPACT THE CAREGIVER?
Sundowning is basically a group of symptoms that may come with or without a disease. By itself, it is not a disease; however, it...
August 31, 2014
MUSIC MENDS MINDS
MusicMendsMinds, Inc. is a new intergenerational senior and student music therapy project in the Los Angeles area that helps improve the health of seniors...
August 31, 2014
GOOD-BYE AND THANK YOU, ROBIN WILLIAMS
All of us at PRO extend our deepest sympathies to the family of Robin Williams as they say good-bye to a gentleman who was...
