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Resilience, optimism, the storm and the marathon
November 6, 2012
… with each other, share their stories, and go through final mental preparations to undertake their feat of endurance. In …
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Adventure of a Lifetime: Seven Marathons, Seven Continents, Seven Days
January 29, 2018
… as reason to push myself even more in terms of physical and mental challenges," he says. Bret sets out for the World … capable of overcoming obstacles, keeping his body and mind healthy, and raising both awareness and funds for PD …
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Help Us Advocate to Expand Access to High-Quality Care for Parkinson's Patients
June 11, 2024
… (MJFF) , we know how critical access to high-quality health care providers, tests and therapies is for diagnosing … works best for them. This often occurs when a patient’s health insurance won’t cover a certain treatment or … When a doctor prescribes a drug treatment, the patient’s health insurance company may deny coverage and instead …
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Communicating Over Video: Three Tips for People with Parkinson’s
December 21, 2020
… safe, immediate access to colleagues, loved ones and even health care providers, without the hassle of travel. With … Today, we’re using video to work, go to school, see our health care providers, catch up with friends and family, and … This has two benefits. Changing your environment helps you mentally switch gears between work and social life. Taking …
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Structure and Function of Alpha-synuclein at the Pre-synapse
… is essential to understand the role of alpha-synuclein in health and disease and to assess the short- and long-term … and cellular determinants of alpha-synuclein function in health and disease; and 3), determine the consequences on modulating alpha-synuclein levels in health and disease. Study Design: We will apply …
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Rod Larson
… representing the 13th District. He served on the House Health and Human Services Committee and served as vice-chair … Rod joined the American Academy of Neurology as the chief health policy officer until he retired in June of 2016. In this role, he oversaw the Center for Health Policy and its current staff of 28. The Center was …