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	<description>Davis Phinney Foundation for Parkinson&#039;s Disease / Every Victory Counts</description>
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		<title>The Victory Summit speakers on WHAM-TV</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 17:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Michelle Burack from University of Rochester Medical Center and Rick Lipka, Buffalo, NY, the Davis Phinney Foundation&#8217;s Victory Summit]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Michelle Burack from University of Rochester Medical Center and Rick Lipka, Buffalo, NY, the Davis Phinney Foundation&#8217;s Victory Summit Local Hero are interviewed on WHAM-TV.</p>
<p>Watch the video: <a href="http://www.13wham.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=4056303&amp;navCatId=389-victory" target="_blank">http://www.13wham.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=4056303&amp;navCatId=389-victory</a></p>
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		<title>With Diseases, Genetics Loads The Gun and Environment Pulls the Trigger</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 22:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.huffingtonpost.ca More than 15 years ago, at the start of my medical career and expecting my first child, the neurologist]]></description>
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<p>More than 15 years ago, at the start of my medical career and expecting my first child, the neurologist confirmed what the first clinician had suspected &#8212; the tremor I had been experiencing over the preceding year was Young Onset Parkinson&#8217;s Disease. Life changed forever as I now faced a progressive neurological disease in my twenties. Soon after my own diagnosis, my father also received the same news. He too had Parkinson&#8217;s, yet there was no previous family history as far as we could recall. But still, genetics seemed to have loaded the gun; but what exactly pulled the trigger?</p>
<p>More than likely, the exact reason I was challenged with this chronic illness at such a young age, will remain a mystery but I have my suspicions. I grew up in Nova Scotia, Canada &#8212; clean air, clean living. Or so I thought. In retrospect, we used a lot of pesticides on our lawn and in our gardens as was customary while I was growing up and our personal water supply came from a well. Since pesticide exposure has now been confirmed as a risk factor for Parkinson&#8217;s Disease, it makes me wonder about what toxins may have leeched into our drinking water, an exposure that may have &#8220;turned on&#8221; existing susceptible genes resulting in this disease.</p>
<p>As a physician, I&#8217;ve seen first hand the role that environment and genetics play in determining our health. In fact the cause of all illnesses can really be placed on a spectrum with environment and genetics contributing to varying degrees. The reality is that globally we have seen a rise in the incidence of genital malformations in baby boys, reduced sperm counts in young men, increased incidence of some adverse pregnancy outcomes such as preterm birth, a rise in neurobehavioral disorders in children such as autism and other learning disabilities, early puberty amongst our girls, and increased obesity and Type 2 diabetes rates. Not to mention the worldwide increase over the past 50 years of malignancies such as breast, endometrial, ovarian, prostate, testicular and thyroid as well as childhood brain cancer and leukemia. If one looks at this increased rate of disease incidence over the past decades, it cannot be explained by genetic factors alone. Instead there must be environmental influences that contribute to this change, chemical exposure included.</p>
<p>Regardless of our genes, the more unhealthy our environment, the more unhealthy we are. Reality is that adverse environmental exposures very often pull that proverbial trigger in a gun that may or may not be loaded by genetics. And unlike our genetic makeup, we do have some measure of control over what we bring into our lives. We are now living in a time where our knowledge in this area of medical science has grown, as has the community of like-minded, health and environmentally conscious individuals; people that desire to optimize their own health and that of those they love. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/soania-mathur/avoiding-parkinsons-disease_b_3234752.html" target="_blank">Read the rest of the blog here.</a></p>
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		<title>Could Eating Peppers Prevent Parkinson&#8217;s?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 22:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New research reveals that Solanaceae—a flowering plant family with some species producing foods that are edible sources of nicotine—may provide]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>New research reveals that Solanaceae—a flowering plant family with some species producing foods that are edible sources of nicotine—may provide a protective effect against Parkinson&#8217;s disease. The study appearing today in <i>Annals of Neurology</i>, a journal of the American Neurological Association and Child Neurology Society, suggests that eating foods that contain even a small amount of nicotine, such as peppers and tomatoes, may reduce risk of developing Parkinson&#8217;s.</p>
<p>Parkinson&#8217;s disease is a movement disorder caused by a loss of brain cells that produce dopamine. Symptoms include facial, hand, arm, and leg tremors, stiffness in the limbs, loss of balance, and slower overall movement. Nearly one million Americans have Parkinson&#8217;s, with 60,000 new cases diagnosed in the U.S. each year, and up to ten million individuals worldwide live with this disease according to the Parkinson&#8217;s Disease Foundation. Currently, there is no cure for Parkinson&#8217;s, but symptoms are treated with medications and procedures such as deep brain stimulation.</p>
<p>Previous studies have found that cigarette smoking and other forms of tobacco, also a Solanaceae plant, reduced relative risk of Parkinson&#8217;s disease. However, experts have not confirmed if nicotine or other components in tobacco provide a protective effect, or if people who develop Parkinson&#8217;s disease are simply less apt to use tobacco because of differences in the brain that occur early in the disease process, long before diagnosis.</p>
<p>For the present population-based study Dr. Susan Searles Nielsen and colleagues from the University of Washington in Seattle recruited 490 patients newly diagnosed with Parkinson&#8217;s disease at the university&#8217;s Neurology Clinic or a regional health maintenance organization, Group Health Cooperative. Another 644 unrelated individuals without neurological conditions were used as controls. Questionnaires were used to assess participants&#8217; lifetime diets and tobacco use, which researchers defined as ever smoking more than 100 cigarettes or regularly using cigars, pipes or smokeless tobacco.</p>
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<p>Vegetable consumption in general did not affect Parkinson&#8217;s disease risk, but as consumption of edible Solanaceae increased, Parkinson&#8217;s disease risk decreased, with peppers displaying the strongest association. Researchers noted that the apparent protection from Parkinson&#8217;s occurred mainly in men and women with little or no prior use of tobacco, which contains much more nicotine than the foods studied.</p>
<p>&#8220;Our study is the first to investigate dietary nicotine and risk of developing Parkinson&#8217;s disease,&#8221; said Dr. Searles Nielsen. &#8220;Similar to the many studies that indicate tobacco use might reduce risk of Parkinson&#8217;s, our findings also suggest a protective effect from nicotine, or perhaps a similar but less toxic chemical in peppers and tobacco.&#8221; The authors recommend further studies to confirm and extend their findings, which could lead to possible interventions that prevent Parkinson&#8217;s disease.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.sciencecodex.com/could_eating_peppers_prevent_parkinsons-111896" target="_blank">Read the rest of the article here.</a></p>
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		<title>Appalachian Trail Hike Raises Money for the Victory Crew</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Victory Crew member Josh Lederach is on a 2,186-mile trek in support of his mom, who is living with Parkinson&#8217;s]]></description>
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<p>Victory Crew member Josh Lederach is on a 2,186-mile trek in support of his mom, who is living with Parkinson&#8217;s disease. His goal is to tackle the legendary trail through the Appalachian Mountains in 60 days or less. Josh has been a fundraiser for the Davis Phinney Foundation before, but nothing on a scale like this. <a href="http://www.davisphinneyfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/AppTrail_Fundraiser.pdf" target="_blank">Read his inspiring story</a> of why he&#8217;s taking on the Trail and learn how you can support him with a pledge.</p>
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		<title>Classes help those with Parkinson&#8217;s find joy in movement</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 02:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By MARY BETH SCHWEIGERT, www.lancasteronline.com Betsy Teschner has lived with Parkinson&#8217;s disease for nine years. She knows she&#8217;s moving a]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<address>By MARY BETH SCHWEIGERT, www.lancasteronline.com</address>
<p>Betsy Teschner has lived with Parkinson&#8217;s disease for nine years. She knows she&#8217;s moving a little more slowly than she used to, but she thought she was managing pretty well.</p>
<p>Then she got a wake-up call at the grocery store.</p>
<p>&#8220;A little Boy Scout offered to carry my groceries for me,&#8221; she says. &#8220;I thought I was doing OK here.&#8221;</p>
<p>Teschner, of Lititz, appreciated the offer, but the attention made her self-conscious. Did she really look <em>that</em> bad?</p>
<p>In Dance for PD, a class designed for people with Parkinson&#8217;s disease, Teschner doesn&#8217;t have to worry about how slowly she moves, or if she shakes.</p>
<p>&#8220;Looking around the room feels comfortable,&#8221; she says. &#8220;It truly lifts the burden from my shoulders.&#8221;</p>
<p>Local Dance for PD instructors recently wrapped a six-week pilot program in Millersville, which drew up to 25 people per week.</p>
<p>A second session will begin in June. The instructors also will offer a pilot program in Hershey this summer.</p>
<p>Parkinson&#8217;s is a degenerative nerve disease that strikes about 1 percent of older adults, affecting movement, balance and coordination.</p>
<p>The Mark Morris Dance Group and the Brooklyn Parkinson Group developed Dance for PD, which is now offered in 100 communities.</p>
<p>Shari Vegso-Wilson, director of Susquehanna Dance Center in Mountville and artistic director of COBALT, Contemporary Ballet of Pennsylvania, says dance benefits body and mind in people with Parkinson&#8217;s disease.</p>
<p>&#8220;These groups are spreading,&#8221; she says. &#8220;They seem to do a lot of good.&#8221; <a href="http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/839880_Classes-help-those-with-Parkinson-s-find-joy-in-movement.html#ixzz2R9lusQ2x" target="_blank">Read the rest of the article here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Singing group&#8217;s new approach to Parkinson&#8217;s Disease</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 02:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.dailyecho.co.uk STUNNING harmonies fill the room. If you close your eyes you are instantly transported from the Scout hut in Bitterne to]]></description>
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<p>STUNNING harmonies fill the room. If you close your eyes you are instantly transported from the Scout hut in <a href="http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/search/?search=Bitterne&amp;topic_id=987" target="_self">Bitterne</a> to a grand concert hall, carried there by the sounds of the Chessel Chanters.</p>
<p>The vocal talents of this group, with members aged from their 50s to their 80s, are impressive – but they become even more so when you realise that the group is largely made up of people with Parkinson’s Disease.</p>
<p>Parkinson’s affects each person differently but for many it results in speech difficulties, with some sufferers becoming so quiet they are almost inaudible.</p>
<p>But as Mary Shorter, one of the group’s founders and chair of Parkinson’s UK Solent Early Onset branch and Parkinson’s UK<a href="http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/search/?search=Southampton&amp;topic_id=7090" target="_self">Southampton</a> branch, explains, different parts of the brain control speech and singing, so struggling to speak doesn’t mean that someone won’t be able to sing.</p>
<p>In fact, she explains that one of the things that led to the group’s formation was when her husband, who had a terminal form of Parkinson’s, was sent to a speech therapist, it was discovered he had a beautiful singing voice.</p>
<p>Another friend had to use an electronic device to communicate as his voice was so weak but he too could sing. <a href="http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10369447.Singing_group_s_new_approach_to_Parkinson_s_Disease/?ref=nt" target="_blank">Read the rest of the article here</a>.</p>
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		<title>News in Context: Second Phase 2 Trial of CERE-120 Yields Disappointing Results</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.michaeljfox.org Ceregene today announced disappointing results from its second Phase 2 trial of CERE-120, an experimental gene therapy treatment for Parkinson&#8217;s disease]]></description>
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<p>Ceregene <a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases-test/ceregene-reports-data-from-parkinsons-disease-phase-2b-study-203803541.html">today announced</a> disappointing results from its second Phase 2 trial of CERE-120, an experimental gene therapy treatment for Parkinson&#8217;s disease (PD). CERE-120 was designed to deliver neurturin, a specialized protein known as a <a href="https://www.michaeljfox.org/glossary.php#trophicfactors">trophic factor</a>, into the brain. The hope was that it might heal diseased brain cells, helping to slow the progression of the disease, a therapeutic effect suggested in pre-clinical studies of neurturin.</p>
<p>CERE-120 did not reach its primary endpoint in this study, unfortunate news which makes it unclear if it will remain in development. Still, there is a lot to be learned from Ceregene&#8217;s research that could have important implications for developing similar trophic factor therapies for PD moving forward. <a href="https://www.michaeljfox.org/foundation/news-detail.php?news-in-context-second-phase-trial-of-cere-120-yields-disappointing-results" target="_blank">Read more here.</a></p>
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		<title>Sixteen International Parkinson&#8217;s Disease Organizations Join Forces to Raise Global Awareness for Clinical Trial Participation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK, April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ &#8211; Sixteen Parkinson&#8217;s disease (PD) organizations from around the world have come together as Clinical Trial Recruitment]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p itemprop="articleBody">NEW YORK, April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ &#8211; Sixteen Parkinson&#8217;s disease (PD) organizations from around the world have come together as Clinical Trial Recruitment Community Partners to urge people living with Parkinson&#8217;s, care partners and others to participate in clinical trials.  The goal of this innovative engagement effort within the Parkinson&#8217;s community is to raise awareness about the need for trial participants, educate about what it means to participate in research and provide actionable steps that anyone can take to get involved in PD research.</p>
<p itemprop="articleBody">&#8220;By the time a potential new Parkinson&#8217;s treatment advances to the clinical testing stage, tens of millions of dollars have already been invested in its development,&#8221; said Todd Sherer , PhD, CEO of The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson&#8217;s Research, the organization convening the Community Partners. &#8220;At that point, only people willing to participate in clinical trials have the power to move it forward and toward pharmacy shelves. The Clinical Trial Recruitment Community Partners recognize the unique role that patients and their families can play to get us closer to cures.&#8221;</p>
<p itemprop="articleBody">Clinical trials are the final and crucial step in bringing new medicines to the patients that need them. But today, between 40 and 70 percent of trials around the world face delays due to a lack of participants and stall progress in the pursuit of new and better therapies. Though 60 percent of people with Parkinson&#8217;s disease say they are willing to participate in a clinical trial, fewer than 10 percent ever do. Clinical Trial Recruitment Community Partners help people willing to participate get the resources they need to bridge the gap between willingness and action across the PD community worldwide.</p>
<p itemprop="articleBody">&#8220;The Clinical Trial Recruitment Community Partners are committed to doing everything we can to make a difference in the millions of lives touched by Parkinson&#8217;s disease,&#8221; said Tom Isaacs , co-founder of The Cure Parkinson&#8217;s Trust, a UK organization that is one of the 16 partners.  &#8220;Our goal is to get everyone on the same page, equipped with the same information and tools, so that the community gets one resounding message about the important step they can take to play a part in research.&#8221;</p>
<p itemprop="articleBody">One of these tools is the Web site <a href="http://www.foxtrialfinder.org/" target="_blank">www.foxtrialfinder.org</a> that matches willing volunteers, both with PD and without, to clinical trials in their area. Clinical Trial Recruitment Community Partners will actively promote this and other resources to mobilize the community toward participating in PD research. An example is the 19<sup>th</sup>  Annual Unity Walk in New York City&#8217;s Central Park onSaturday, April 27 where the Clinical Trial Recruitment Community Partners will have a booth, staffed by people living with PD who have participated in clinical trials and will speak with others about the importance of participating.</p>
<p itemprop="articleBody">Steve DeWitte , a person with Parkinson&#8217;s in the New Haven, CT area said, &#8220;I once thought that while clinical trials were important, &#8216;someone else&#8217; would be there to participate. However, that &#8216;someone else&#8217; is me and every PD patient, family member and friend.&#8221; Steve has participated in multiple trials and arranges rides for other trial participants to make sure that the people who are willing to participate can. &#8220;I want others to understand that, whether you have PD or not, you are needed and can be part of the solution, too.&#8221;</p>
<p itemprop="articleBody">The Clinical Trial Recruitment Community Partners group was convened in 2012 by The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson&#8217;s Research. To learn more, visit <a href="http://www.foxtrialfinder.org/community-partners" target="_blank">http://www.foxtrialfinder.org/community-partners</a>.</p>
<p itemprop="articleBody"><b>Clinical Trial Recruitment Community Partners:<br />
</b>The Bachmann-Strauss Dystonia and Parkinson Foundation<br />
The Cure Parkinson&#8217;s Trust<br />
Davis Phinney Foundation for Parkinson&#8217;s<br />
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson&#8217;s Research<br />
Move 4 Parkinson&#8217;s<br />
The New England Parkinson&#8217;s Ride<br />
Outdoor Mindset<br />
Parkinson&#8217;s Action Network<br />
The Parkinson Alliance<br />
Parkinson Association of Alabama, Inc.<br />
Parkinson Association of the Rockies<br />
Parkinson&#8217;s Movement<br />
Parkinson Pipeline Project<br />
Parkinson&#8217;s UK<br />
Parkinson&#8217;s Unity Walk<br />
Shake It Up Australia Foundation<br />
Team Parkinson<br />
We Move<br />
Wilkins Parkinson&#8217;s Foundation</p>
<p itemprop="articleBody"><b>About The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson&#8217;s Research<br />
</b>As the world&#8217;s largest private funder of Parkinson&#8217;s research, The Michael J. Fox Foundation is dedicated to accelerating a cure for Parkinson&#8217;s disease and improved therapies for those living with the condition today. The Foundation pursues its goals through an aggressively funded, highly targeted research program coupled with active global engagement of scientists, Parkinson&#8217;s patients, business leaders, clinical trial participants, donors and volunteers.  In addition to funding more than $325 million in research to date, the Foundation has fundamentally altered the trajectory of progress toward a cure. Operating at the hub of worldwide Parkinson&#8217;s research, the Foundation forges groundbreaking collaborations with industry leaders, academic scientists and government research funders; increases the flow of participants into Parkinson&#8217;s disease clinical trials with its online tool, Fox Trial Finder; promotes Parkinson&#8217;s awareness through high-profile advocacy, events and outreach; and coordinates the grassroots involvement of thousands of Team Fox members around the world.</p>
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		<title>Exercise: A possible adjunct therapy to alleviate early Parkinson disease</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Megan Konerth, MS, PA-C, Jennifer Childers, MS, PA-C  www.jaapa.com    Read the entire article here. Highlights follow. &#160; KEY POINTS]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<address>By <a title="More Articles by Megan Konerth, MS, PA-C" href="http://www.jaapa.com/megan-konerth-ms-pa-c/author/1666/" rel="author">Megan Konerth, MS, PA-C</a>, Jennifer Childers, MS, PA-C  www.jaapa.com </address>
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<p><a href="http://www.jaapa.com/exercise-a-possible-adjunct-therapy-to-alleviate-early-parkinson-disease/article/287002/" target="_blank">Read the entire article here</a>. Highlights follow.</p>
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<p><strong>KEY POINTS</strong></p>
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<li>Gait training, resistance, balance/coordination, activities of daily living, and tandem cycling improve motor abnormalities in Parkinson disease (PD).</li>
<li>Self-assessment of patients with PD following exercise regimens shows improvement in cognitive functioning and reduced depression.</li>
<li>Positive effects of exercise on symptoms of PD result in a better quality of life.</li>
<li>While further research is needed to address long-term effects and influence on later stages of PD, clinicians should consider implementing exercise in conjunction with pharmacologic therapy.</li>
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<p><strong>CONCLUSION </strong></p>
<p>Parkinson disease has become a growing problem worldwide. Within the past decade, scientists have begun to explore nonpharmacologic treatments, especially exercise, as possible adjunct or alternative therapy. The literature discussed in this article presents positive data regarding the impact of exercise on motor, cognitive, and emotional complications. Clinicians should consider recommending activities, such as gait and resistance training, balance/coordination exercises, continued participation in ADLs, and tandem cycling, to individuals with mild and moderate PD. The long-term effect of exercise and its impact on later stages of the disease are still unknown. In vivo studies examining the role of exercise on brain chemistry in PD should also be considered in order to better understand the mechanism behind improvement of symptoms.</p>
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		<title>The Victory Summit® Western New York Gets the Parkinson’s Community Moving</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exercise and Local Hero Award to Highlight Day of Education and Inspiration ROCHESTER, NY, April 9, 2013 – People affected]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>Exercise and Local Hero Award to Highlight Day of Education and Inspiration</h2>
<p>ROCHESTER, NY, April 9, 2013 – People affected by Parkinson’s disease have an exciting opportunity to learn from leading national and local experts about ways to live well with Parkinson’s disease at the Davis Phinney Foundation The Victory Summit symposium to be held on Saturday, May 18, 2013, from 10 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., at the Radisson Rochester Riverside Hotel. The Victory Summit is free to the public.</p>
<p>The Victory Summit Western New York is presented by the Davis Phinney Foundation in partnership with University at Buffalo Neurosurgery, University of Rochester Medical Center and National Parkinson Foundation Chapters of Greater Rochester and Western New York.</p>
<p>“We are thrilled to be working with the local Parkinson community to bring The Victory Summit symposium to New York,” said Polly Dawkins, Executive Director of the Davis Phinney Foundation. “People tell us that spending a day at The Victory Summit is moving. Moving because we get up and dance, we stretch, and we laugh. Moving because we spend the day connecting with others who face the challenges of Parkinson’s. At The Victory Summit, we aim to inspire, educate and empower all attendees to celebrate. This is truly not an event to miss.”</p>
<p>During The Victory Summit, several movement disorder experts will share their perspectives on the latest research and treatment options. In addition, participants can enhance their daily living with several interactive sessions and break-out panels on topics such as: exercise, Deep Brain Stimulation therapy, Parkinson’s and relationships, Young-Onset Parkinson’s, care for the care partner and more.</p>
<p>“The Victory Summit is a fantastic opportunity to share the many ways in which individuals with Parkinson’s can alter the course of their own disease,” said Michelle Burack, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology and Pediatrics and Deep Brain Stimulation Program Director at the University of Rochester Medical Center. “Things like daily physical activity, paying attention to mental well-being, and maintaining social connectedness are powerful ‘medicine’ for the brain, and are vital components of optimum management for this chronic condition.”</p>
<p>“Research increasingly demonstrates that people living with Parkinson’s have better outcomes by actively taking control of their disease, and The Victory Summit is a valuable opportunity to help people with Parkinson’s and their care partners to make positive lifestyle changes that can immediately impact their quality of life,” said Robert Plunkett, M.D., Surgical Director of the Comprehensive Movement Disorders Center and Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at University at Buffalo Neurosurgery.</p>
<p>During The Victory Summit, the Davis Phinney Foundation also will present a “Local Hero” Award to Buffalo residents Tom O’Donnell and Rick Lipka. Affectionately known as “Batman and Robin” in the Parkinson’s community, their contributions to families affected by Parkinson’s have been nothing less than superheroic. The dynamic duo forged a friendship after Tom, who was diagnosed with Young-Onset Parkinson’s in 1988 at the age of 26, met Rick following Rick’s own diagnosis and attendance at a support group meeting. Both have since worked together tirelessly to organize fundraisers and events to inform and motivate the Parkinson’s community. Tom co-founded the National Parkinson Foundation of Western New York, where Rick has served as President and Tom as Vice President, and Tom helped to start a local support group, which has grown from 18 members to a mailing list of more than 1,000 people. The friends share personal experience and inspiration in making house calls to people struggling with their diagnosis.</p>
<p>Additional information and registration information for the Victory Summit is available online at <a href="http://www.davisphinneyfoundation.org">www.davisphinneyfoundation.org</a>.</p>
<p><strong>The Victory Summit<sup>®</sup></strong><br />
The Victory Summit is a traveling symposia series that brings nationally recognized movement disorder researchers, clinicians, and physical therapists into the local community for a day of Parkinson’s information and inspiration. More than 9,500 people have attended <a href="http://davisphinneyfoundation.org/victory-summit/">a Victory Summit</a> to date, and a schedule of upcoming Victory Summit events is available on the Foundation’s web site.</p>
<p><strong>Parkinson’s Disease</strong><br />
Parkinson&#8217;s disease is a disorder of the brain that leads to shaking (<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/n/pmh_adam/A003192/" target="_blank">tremors</a>) and <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/n/pmh_adam/A003199/ target=">difficulty with walking</a>, movement, and coordination. An estimated 1.5 million Americans are living with Parkinson’s disease today. The disease affects men and women alike, and its frequency is considerably higher in the over-60 age group, although there is an alarming increase of patients of younger age. There is no known cure for Parkinson&#8217;s disease. The goal of treatment is to control symptoms.</p>
<p><strong>Davis Phinney Foundation</strong><br />
The Davis Phinney Foundation was founded in 2004 by cycling legend Davis Phinney and is dedicated to helping people with Parkinson’s disease live well today. The Foundation’s major initiatives include: The <em>Every Victory Counts</em><sup>®</sup> manual, developed by movement disorder experts to encourage living well with Parkinson’s; The Victory Summit series of symposia, which bring leading experts into local communities to share the latest advances in science, care and inspire those affected by the disease to celebrate the daily victories in their lives; The Living Well Challenge<sup>TM</sup> an educational webinar series; and the funding of research focused on exercise, speech and other quality of life therapies.</p>
<p>Media Contact:<br />
Wendy Emanuel<br />
773-255-9580<br />
<a href="mailto:wendy@wellspringcom.com">wendy@wellspringcom.com</a></p>
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