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Your Input Is Needed to Establish a More Effective Path to New PD Treatments
August 13, 2019
… (MJFF) is soliciting feedback on a document that aims to provide researchers and the biopharmaceutical industry … in Parkinson's Disease is available for review and comment until September 15, 2019. There is a huge unmet need … for new Parkinson's treatments. The Roadmap provides recommendations to lessen the obstacles to new therapeutic …
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Workshop Unites Experts to Speed GBA Parkinson's Therapies
March 9, 2018
… at The Michael J. Fox Foundation offices in New York City to discuss a leading strategy to stop Parkinson's disease: targeting GBA . Mutations in the GBA gene are present in five … with Parkinson's disease (PD), representing one of the most common genetic risk factors for this disorder. The GBA gene …
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Using Telemedicine to Diagnose and Treat Parkinson's
June 22, 2016
… Technology is central to how we communicate today. Smartphones, computers, tablets … support of telemedicine . Register for Fox Trial Finder to get involved in research studies from home . Join Fox …
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12 Ways to Fundraise while Social Distancing
July 24, 2020
… being canceled or postponed, Team Fox members are looking to alternatives for engaging their communities and raising funds to support The Michael J. Fox … distancing regulations. Here’s a list of ideas to get your creative juices flowing: Virtual Concert : Are you …
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A Font’s Footprint: How One Son Is Preserving His Mother’s Handwriting
February 7, 2020
… Roberts is the associate dean at the Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College and a member of the … disease. The Parkinson’s community is filled with stories of children showing their love and support of a parent with the disease …
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From Cynic to Optimist, Living with Parkinson’s Disease
February 4, 2015
… My personality is best typified by my recent election to the post of Grand High Inquisitor in the local chapter of … As we settled into our Lilliputian sleeping car, which showed signs of former elegance, now faded and shabby, my … words of wisdom over the heads of the kindly strangers. “Compassion and kindness are the only things you really …