Parkinson's:Crackin' the nut

Parkinson's: our 4-year shot The World Parkinson Coalition (WPC) is holding their 4th World Parkinson Congress in Portland, Oregon September 20-23rd NEXT YEAR,  2016 . They've dropped the last 's' after Parkinson's - fair enough....annoying anyway. Here's their site:  http://www.worldpdcoalition.org/ Here's their podcasts:  http://www.worldpdcoalition.org/?page=PortlandCountdown   I've heard the first podcast already. It was 30 minutes (approx), fascinating and well presented. DBS was alluded to, but not addressed. If you scroll down on the lower link, you'll see why. What was addresses was the rather sad confession that after about 50 years, there's presently no other pharmaceutical alternative than L-Dopa. Sucks, considering. But there's a lot of excitement and hope...... The thing with the WPC is it's really the motherlode of hope for PD ( Parkinson's ...(sigh) - do get told off for using acronyms, even though I ALW

Work together, Cure together: Parkinson’s Calling all Parkinson’s, families, spouses, carers: you wanna cure? Fight for it! https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/work-together-cure-parkinsons-lisa-vanderburg?trk=prof-post World Parkinson’s Awareness Day is looming. April 11th, in fact. We’re asked to wear purple. But I won’t be posting on that day, tell you why later. Pretty much every Country in multiple cities, will be holding this event. All the big guns will be there: Michael J. Fox Foundation, Davis Phinney Foundation, APDA, Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, EPDA, National Parkinson's Foundation, to name a few. The above are a probably the most high-profile of 171 global partners listed below from 46 countries that have teamed up with the World Parkinson Coalition, which hold their congress every three years (next 2016). But even though they’re ‘teamed’, each one has their own agenda….not necessarily of their own choosing. I shall refer to all the above collectively