A Parkinson’s Foundation study recently published in the scientific journal, npj Parkinson’s Disease, reveals findings from the most comprehensive estimate of Parkinson’s disease in the United States and Canada to date. The Foundation’s “Parkinson’s Prevalence Project” estimates that 930,000 people in the United States will be living with the disease by 2020, further increasing to 1.2 million people by 2030.
Archives for July 2018
APDA hosting West Coast Parkinson’s Educational Forum on Saturday, Oct. 20 and Sunday, Oct. 21, Irvine Marriott.
The American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) is hosting an educational conference for those with Parkinson’s Disease and their care partners on October 20-21 in Irvine, CA. The weekend conference is free but advance registration is required.
Save The Date: Multiple System Atrophy Conference – Sept. 28 and Sept. 29, Burlingame, CA
Stanford is co-organizing a conference with the MSA Coalition for those dealing with multiple system atrophy (MSA). Saturday’s talks will feature Stanford’s Mitchell Miglis, MD, autonomic disorders specialist, and Kathleen Poston, MD, movement disorder specialist. … Full Story>
Washington Post: Arvid Carlsson, Nobel laureate who uncovered a treatment for Parkinson’s, dies at 95
Arvid Carlsson, a Swedish pharmacologist whose research on chemical signals in the brain resulted in a leading treatment for Parkinson’s disease and earned him a Nobel Prize, died June 29 in Gothenburg, Sweden. He was 95.
July 2018 – Parkinson’s Support Group Mtgs – Guest Speakers/Programs – Northern and Central California
Many Northern and Central California Parkinson’s Disease (PD) support groups are not meeting in July (summer vacation or social events). For those that are meeting, here’s information about guest speakers or discussion programs at a support group near you in July…