June 27, 2018
PRO Monthly Newsletter - July 2018
June 26, 2018
MEETING IN BOSTON SHOWS CAREGIVERS PLAY MAJOR ROLE IN MEDICAL DECISION-MAKING
BOSTON – Findings from a recent online survey conducted by Rx4good in collaboration with 70 leading organizations show that caregivers play a central and multi-dimensional...
June 1, 2018
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT JUNE 2018
The phrase “lazy days of summer” does not fit the Parkinson’s Resource Organization model. As the annual “season” in the Coachella Valley closes, the...
June 1, 2018
THE BUTTERFLY: ABOUT STRUGGLES
A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as...
June 1, 2018
CAMPTOCORMIA: THE BENT SPINE SYNDROME – A PARKINSONISM
For many years camptocormia, designating a forced posture with a forward-bent trunk, has been considered as related to psychiatric manifestations. Times have changed, and...
June 1, 2018
PARKINSON’S DISEASE & INFECTIONS
URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS (UTIs) – Be aware when as a caregiver you notice your charge (PWP) has suddenly become lethargic, cognitively impaired, fatigued and...
May 31, 2018
GLUTATHIONE TREATMENTS FOR PARKINSON’S DISEASE: IS IT EFFECTIVE ENOUGH?
The loss of Glutathione in the brain of individuals with Parkinson’s occurs years before the onset of motor symptoms. Glutathione has been proposed as...
May 31, 2018
HELP! I’VE FALLEN AND I CAN’T GET UP: RAIZER BY LIFTUP
Lifting a person who has “fallen and can’t get up” with the use of one’s own back and legs is nearly a thing of...
May 31, 2018
PRO Monthly Newsletter - June 2018
May 16, 2018
Five Stages of Parkinson's
Dr. Margaret M. Hoehn, the author of the most frequently cited paper in professional articles dealing with Parkinson’s disease, discusses the Hoehn and Yahr...
April 30, 2018
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT MAY 2018
MAY the road rise to meet you, MAY the wind be always at your back, MAY the sun shine warm upon your face. MAY...
April 30, 2018
IMPROVING VOCAL LOUDNESS: WHAT IS LSVT LOUD?
LSVT LOUD® is an effective speech treatment for individuals with Parkinson disease (PD) and other neurological conditions. LSVT LOUD, named for Mrs. Lee Silverman (Lee...
April 30, 2018
VITAMINS AND MINERALS
Excerpts taken from WebMD So when your doctor, or someone else’s says “Well, that’s Parkinson’s” do you just accept that as being so, or do...
April 30, 2018
ROAD TO THE CURE UPDATE MAY 2018
Helplessness makes us susceptible to fall victims to the surroundings. This is exactly what happened to the numerous Parkinson’s disease patients who, due to...
April 30, 2018