June 27, 2018

From boosting memory to alleviating pain and inflammation, turmeric, a root similar to gingerroot, has been shown to help a whole host of health issues....

June 1, 2018

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

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

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

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

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...

April 30, 2018

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

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 29, 2018

Dementia Is More Likely If you sit too much, your brain could look just like that of someone with dementia. Sitting also raises your risk...

April 25, 2018

HELPING PEOPLE HELP THEMSELVES, PRO’S WELLNESS VILLAGE RECEIVES A MAJOR BOOST Amazingly, during Parkinson’s Awareness Month, PRO was granted a major boost to expand their Wellness...

March 31, 2018

Ever get that pain first thing in the morning? You know, that achy stiffness in your joints. It comes back later after you’ve sat...

March 30, 2018

Carbidopa and levodopa is a combination medicine used to treat symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, such as muscle stiffness, tremors, spasms, and poor muscle control....

March 30, 2018

Polyvios Demetriades,1 Hugh Rickards,1 and Andrea Eugenio Cavanna1,2,3 1University of Birmingham Medical School, Birmingham B152TT, UK 2Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Birmingham and BSMHFT, Barberry Building, 25...

March 30, 2018

National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a combination of symptoms that affect both...

March 3, 2018

Aphasia is an impairment of language, affecting the production or comprehension of speech and the ability to read or write. Aphasia is always due...