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Donate to PRO!July 29, 2020
ONCE UPON MY TIME - A STORY ~ A JOURNEY - A PHILOSOPHY TO FOLLOW
It all began when … Who knows when ...Time does march on! ... So many questions … too many people, so few answers. My...
July 29, 2020
COVID D-PRIVED AND DOWN? HOW VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO LOW MOOD
(Editor’s Note: This includes information for people with Parkinson’s) If you're feeling down in the dumps, a vitamin D deficiency — potentially due to social...
July 29, 2020
BITS & PIECES - TWO-YEAR-OLD BATTLES PARKINSON’S
Reports from Canada suggest that two-year Keegan Mclellan may be one of the youngest people ever to be diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease A two-year-old...
July 29, 2020
PHYSICAL THERAPY AND PARKINSON’S WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT
Depending on where you live, the county or city might have started lifting some restrictions of the Stay at Home order. You may be...
July 28, 2020
PRO MONTHLY NEWSLETTER - AUGUST 2020
July 27, 2020
PRO Virtual Village Meeting 8/12/2020
Village Meetings, traditionally held in a physical venue, now held virtually on "Zoom", are no-cost open meetings intended for everyone who registers. We invite...
June 30, 2020
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT - JULY 2020
Jeepers Creepers! July 2020 already. The roses should be in bloom so let’s stop and smell them, especially now in these uncommon, unprecedented, uncertain...
June 30, 2020
END OF LIFE DOULA: WHO ARE THEY AND WHAT DO THEY DO?
Birth doulas work with pregnant mothers and have been in our health care system a long time. Recently, we have begun to look at...
June 30, 2020
BITS & PIECES - TRUE STORIES OF LOVE AND COURAGE: FIVE GREAT LESSONS
Some Important Lessons Life Teaches You Reprinted from PRO’s January 2001 newsletter, recently received from our friend and benefactor, Ken Becker, found in his Memory...
June 30, 2020
THE NEUROGENIC BLADDER - A common problem in Parkinson’s
Definition: The Neurogenic bladder is a dysfunction that results from interference with the normal nerve pathways associated with urination. The most common symptoms of neurogenic...
June 30, 2020
TREATMENTS INADEQUATE FOR PEOPLE WITH LATE-STAGE DISEASE, STUDY SAYS
Current Parkinson’s treatments are insufficient for people with late-stage disease, inadequately controlling for many notable motor and non-motor symptoms, a study in these patients across Europe...
June 30, 2020
COMMUNICATION WHILE WEARING A MASK
In a conversation with Lauren Simmons of PD Buzz in Orange County, California, we discovered that we were both audiologists in our past lives. ...
June 30, 2020
CBD FOR ANXIETY RELIEF
During this unique time in history, cannabis dispensaries have encountered a large amount of people that need help with anxiety and stress-related issues but...
June 30, 2020
IN-HOME CAREGIVERS ARE UNRECOGNIZED HEROES
We see the headlines and pictures: doctors, nurses, hospital personnel, EMTs -- gowned and masked -- fighting the battle against an unseen coronavirus that...
June 30, 2020
A Real-Time Science Report Advances in Parkinson’s Disease Therapies
ICBII UPDATE ON THE ROAD TO THE CURE A Real-Time Science Report Advances in Parkinson’s Disease Therapies The hallmark of Parkinson’s disease is the loss of dopamine producing...
