American Parkinson Disease Association Launches New Public Service Awareness Campaign: LOOK CLOSER

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Our Campaign Inspires People to Look Beyond Parkinson’s Disease and See People Living Life to the Fullest To kick-off...see more Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month, APDA is launching a brand new public service announcement (PSA) that encourages viewers to look closer at Parkinson’s disease (PD). Featured nationwide on television (in English and Spanish) and in a social […]

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Brain Awareness Week

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March 12-18 is . The Brain Donor Project, is working to shed light on the critical need...see more for brain donation to advance Parkinson’s disease (PD) research. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), there are vastly inadequate brain donations to meet the research demand of several disorders, in particular Parkinson’s. “Brain donation […]

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Walking to End Parkinson’s Disease: American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) Expands National Optimism Walk Series

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More Cities. More Walkers. More Funds to Help People with Parkinson’s Live Life to the Fullest NEW YORK, NY,...see more February 26, 2018 – The American Parkinson’s Disease Association (APDA) officially announces the schedule for the 2018 Optimism Walks — a nationwide movement to mobilize and inspire people to step up and help put an end to […]

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SPOTLIGHT ON RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL

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APDA funds eight Centers for Advanced Research across the country, which facilitate investigations into the causes, treatments, and ultimately,...see more a cure for PD. One of these centers is located at the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey, where APDA funding supports research in: The role of TG2 in the pathologic aggregation of […]

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Ask the Doctor

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Q&A with Marie Hélène Saint-Hilaire, MD, FRCP (C) Dr. Marie Hélène Saint-Hilaire, Medical Director of the APDA Information &...see more Referral Center and Center of Advanced Research Boston University, APDA Scientific Advisory Board member Q. I take 150 mg of Sinemet three times a day. In spite of all my exercising, I am beginning to fall […]

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APDA HOSTS WEEKEND OF EDUCATION AND INSPIRATION

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(R-L) APDA President & CEO Leslie A. Chambers moderates panel discussion about current PD research featuring Beate Ritz, MD,...see more PhD, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Echo Tan, MD, Cedars-Sinai, and Natalie Diaz, MD, Harbor – UCLA Medical Center. APDA hosted it’s first-ever Parkinson’s Educational West Coast Forum in October. For two days, attendees […]

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PRESS PROGRAM EXPANDS ACROSS THE U.S.

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APDA’s new Parkinson’s Roadmap for Education and Support Services (PRESS™) is an eight week, in-person support series that has...see more expanded to more than 20 sites across the country. This support program features tailored content to address the psychosocial needs of those who have been diagnosed within the last five years. PRESS support groups are facilitated […]

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INTRODUCING DR. BRIAN L. HARPER: MEMBER OF APDA’S NEW DIVERSITY STRATEGY COMMITTEE

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The American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) is proud to welcome Dr. Brian L. Harper to the newly formed Diversity...see more Strategy Committee, which will expand on APDA’s educational materials, methods and delivery mechanisms to reach underserved audiences. As the Medical Director of the APDA Information & Referral Center at the New York Institute of Technology in […]

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APDA Provides Initial Funding To Launch The Parkinson Association Of Alabama Resource Center

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Resource Center Will Serve as a One-stop Shop for People with Parkinson’s and Their Families NEW YORK, NY –...see more The American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) is pleased to announce its support of The Parkinson Association of Alabama, Inc. (PAA) to develop a personalized, comprehensive and centralized Resource Center. The goal of the PAA Resource Center […]

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