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The Power of Team Fox: How Young Professionals Join Together to Find a Cure
April 14, 2023
… Team Fox members worldwide are turning their passions into successful fundraising events — from hosting pancake … J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) asks our Do-It-Yourself (DIY) community about their experiences fundraising and creating … you give someone looking to get involved, but unsure of where to start? Vikas : I would recommend attending a …
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Engaging Employees and Colleagues to Speed a Cure
October 24, 2016
… Foundation (MJFF) at your work place? There are many ways to support the Foundation and one innovative way is through your company's employee engagement program. Sebastian … a day later – I was not expecting that! I pulled together a presentation that explained my sponsorship idea and why I …
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Pharma’s Note to Self: Let’s Try Something New
May 10, 2013
… this week from the annals of Big Pharma’s efforts to reverse the 90-percent failure rate of clinical trials at … University in concert with eight major pharmaceutical companies to identify better targets for drug development: … number of companies are doing self-assessments to look at where they engage, when and how, and start to look at what …
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PPMI Needs People At Risk for Parkinson’s — Even if Not Diagnosed with PD
March 22, 2021
… Progression Markers Initiative, a landmark clinical study to dramatically increase understanding of Parkinson’s … initiative in Parkinson’s history, benefiting from the commitment of thousands of scientists, patients and medical … Parkinson’s science has only recently matured to the point where it is possible to bring a large-format study of PPMI’s …
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Fact or Myth: Does the Flu Lead to Parkinson’s Disease?
August 6, 2012
… Everyone hates to get the flu. The symptoms of the disease are well known – … suggests that something even more severe could result from coming down with a case of influenza – Parkinson’s disease … is that “PD subjects are more prone to subjectively report previous diseases as being more severe and more bothersome …
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Living, Speaking and Moving Well with Parkinson’s
June 23, 2015
… Parkinson's disease (PD) two years ago, I tried my best to begin this new journey by expressing optimism. I had been living … and exercising is now a central part of my life; it has become my daily dopamine-builder. I now teach Taiji/Qigong to …