April 29, 2014
“AGENT ORANGE” CROPS: THE NEXT STAGE IN THE CHEMICAL ARMS RACE
Printed with permission from Center for Food Safety Agricultural biotechnology companies have recently created new genetically engineered (GE) crops to be resistant to highly toxic...
March 29, 2014
ROAD TO THE CURE UPDATE APRIL 2014
On March 4th, Dr. Anna Cartier, Associate Director of ICB International, Inc., (“ICBI”), in La Jolla, CA, was invited to speak at the Keystone...
March 29, 2014
IF YOU CHOOSE TO BE THE PRIMARY CAREGIVER FOR YOUR ILL SPOUSE
Making the decision to provide care at home for your spouse is a huge decision that affects both spouses, and all others in the...
March 29, 2014
ESTATE PLANNING AND PROBATE ISSUES
Estate planning means much more than preparing a Last Will and Testament or tax planning for the disposition of your assets upon your death;...
March 29, 2014
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT APRIL 2014
APRIL IS PARKINSON’S AWARENESS MONTH and while there are many activities going on to raise money for research, for programs, and to increase the...
March 1, 2014
ROAD TO THE CURE UPDATE MARCH 2014
Just as we were going to press, we received information that one of the SDBC’s Canadian collaborators has shown that the iodine -125 labeled...
March 1, 2014
ALUMINUM FOIL AND PARKINSON'S
Perhaps everyone has aluminum foil in their kitchens, by the BBQ, or taken with us to the camp site to use on the fire...
March 1, 2014
FDA APPROVES NORTHERA TO TREAT NEUROGENIC ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION
Feb. 18, 2014 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Northera capsules (droxidopa) for the treatment of neurogenic orthostatic hypotension (NOH). NOH...
March 1, 2014
TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION (tDCS)
Newer research is showing the benefits of using a weak electrical signal through the brain to help with all body functions. Studies have examined,...
January 31, 2014
ROAD TO THE CURE UPDATE FEBRUARY 2014
For almost one century, it has been the mantra of biology that brain cells do not regenerate. In a startling discovery that could have...
January 31, 2014
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT FEBRUARY 2014
2014 is well underway- with resolutions and good intentions still fresh in our mind. As we watch the news and see the trauma “Mother...
January 31, 2014
GROWING UP WITH THE ELEPHANT IN THE LIVING ROOM
Initially published March 1992. I was fourteen when my father was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease (PD), and until a year ago, I couldn’t have told...
January 31, 2014
DUODOPA®
When people think they do not have what it takes to make a difference in the Parkinson’s world or in their own Parkinson’s progression,...
January 31, 2014
MAKING YOUR VOICE COUNT
A New Product Focus Group in Progress Do people tell you they can’t hear you? Do you constantly have to repeat yourself? Are you aware...
January 31, 2014
NEW LAWS (CA) AFFECTING HOMECARE SERVICES…….
In California a labor backed bill ‘AB 241’ was signed into law by Governor Brown effective January 1, 2014. The original bill included overtime for...