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Thursday, 20 March 2008 |
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Stem cell research advocates nationwide will gather at the State of
Stem Cell Advocacy 2008 conference on April 12-13, 2008. The
conference is being presented by Americans for Cures Foundation
at San Francisco's UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center.
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Wednesday, 19 March 2008 |
The Board of Directors of the National Parkinson Foundation (NPF) announced today that Joyce A.
Oberdorf has been named President and Chief Executive Officer effective April 1.
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Thursday, 06 March 2008 |
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A story on PD and Exercise aired Wednesday night on the ABC Nightly
News with Charles Gibson. The story is about Rock Steady, a
boxing-based fitness program for people with Parkinson's, in
Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Wednesday, 27 February 2008 |
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PAN CEO Amy Comstock Rick testified before the House Small Business Committee on February 13, 2008. The testimony was quoted in an article on AllBusiness.com Monday.
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Wednesday, 20 February 2008 |
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The Parkinson’s Action Network (PAN) applauds the recent success of one
of its Board Members, Peggy Willocks. Peggy recently had a letter to
the editor published in the Wall Street Journal. Her local paper, the
Johnson City Press in Johnson City, Tenn., published yesterday an
article detailing Peggy’s advocacy for PAN and the greater Parkinson’s
community.
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Thursday, 31 January 2008 |
PAN is proud to announce that sessions from the 2008 Research & Public Policy Forum are now available online.
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Tuesday, 11 December 2007 |
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On February 2-4, 2008, the Parkinson’s Action Network (PAN) will host its Annual Research & Public Policy Forum. Make your reservations now - only one week left to reserve your hotel room. |
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Friday, 07 December 2007 |
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PAN is pleased to make available a brochure to help you navigate the 2008 Medicare Prescription Drug Open Enrollment period that will end on December 31, 2007.
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Thursday, 18 October 2007 |
The following is a conversation between National Institutes of Health
(NIH) Director Dr. Elias Zerhouni with Medline Plus Coordinator
Chrisopher Klose. The discussion details the need to expand stem cell
research. Medline Plus is an official publication of NIH. This
conversation appears in the Summer 2007 edition of the magazine.
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Wednesday, 03 October 2007 |
Senator Domenici (R-NM) praised the advocacy efforts of PAN State Coordinator, Michael Hooffstetter today in recognition of Michael receiving the 2007 Milly Kondracke Award for Outstanding Advocacy at PAN’s annual Morris K. Udall Awards Dinner.
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Wednesday, 03 October 2007 |
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The Parkinson’s Action Network will host the 14th Annual Research & Public Policy Forum from Saturday, February 2 through Monday, February 4, 2008 in Washington, D.C.
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Monday, 01 October 2007 |
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Join PAN in honoring members of the Parkinson's community at the 14th
Annual Morris K. Udall Awards Dinner on Wednesday, October 3, 2007.
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Tuesday, 26 June 2007 |
(Courtesy of University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine)
PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine will
receive $1.5 million annually from the National Institute of
Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) over the next five years to
study the molecular mechanisms that underlie the cognitive and movement
aspects of Parkinson’s disease, as well as enhance the care and
treatment of patients and training of physicians.
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Monday, 25 June 2007 |
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Good Morning America
recently ran a feature on a gene therapy treatment for Parkinson’s disease.
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Thursday, 21 June 2007 |
(Courtesy of Duke University Medical Center News Office)
DURHAM, N.C. -- In a survey of over a thousand patients who have created and frozen embryos as part of fertility treatment, 60 percent said they would be likely to donate unused embryos for stem cell research, according to a study led by researchers at Duke University Medical Center and Johns Hopkins University.
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