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...
June 29, 2020
PRO MONTHLY NEWSLETTER - JULY 2020
June 15, 2020
PRO Virtual Village Meeting 7/15/2020
Village Meetings, traditionally held in a physical venue, now held virtually on "Zoom", is a no-cost open meeting and is intended for everyone who...
May 31, 2020
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT - JUNE 2020
We are just ZOOMing through this year, this month, this day. I can say it certainly is an interesting time and for some, it...
May 31, 2020
LEGAL PLANNING IN THE SHADOW OF THE PANDEMIC
William R. Remery, Elder Law Attorney Estate planning and getting one’s legal affairs in order is like buying insurance. Like insurance, advance legal planning cannot...
May 31, 2020
PARKINSON’S DISEASE MAY NOT BE THE REASON YOU’RE DIZZY WHEN STANDING
A condition called neurogenic orthostatic hypotension (nOH) may be the culprit, and there are ways to manage it. When Jody, of Woodstock, Georgia, gets...