The Parkinson’s Project
Our mission is to provide quality productions which reflect the professional standards of today’s entertainment as well as committing ourselves with pride and a strong dedication of giving generously to Parkinson’s disease research.
About Parkinson Disease
Parkinson Disease or PD - Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that often impairs the sufferer's motor skills and speech. Click here to hear Carol Meenen's PD Story
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Songs of Love And Hope CD. The songs were created from poetry by Carol Meenen. Andre Clark composed the awesome music on the CD of PD.
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Love And Best Wishes
This is the first poem Carol Meenen sent to Andre Clark. This is the song that started it all! Love And Best Wishes has a touching story line and a pleasing country flavor. Ashlie Sweger was chosen to sing this song because of her personal relationship with Parkinson's Disease. Being one of her first recording experiences, we thank Ashlie for singing this song. Please enjoy Love And Best Wishes.
Poem: Carol Meenen
Lyrics: Carol Meenen/Andre Clark
Music: Andre Clark
Vocals: Ashlie Sweger
Guest Musicians: Alan Ross, Harmonica - Don Williams, Piano
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| Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST Nutrition / Diet New Standard For Vitamin D Testing To Ensure Accurate Test Results At a time of increasing concern about low vitamin D levels in the world's population and increased use of blood tests for the vitamin, scientists are reporting development of a much-needed reference material to assure that measurements of vitamin D levels are accurate. The report appears in ACS' journal Analytical Chemistry... |
| Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST Parkinson's Disease Protein Identified That Contributes To Symptoms Of Parkinson's Disease Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes, an independent and nonprofit biomedical-research organization, have identified a protein that exacerbates symptoms of Parkinson's disease - a discovery that could one day lead to new treatments for people who suffer from this devastating neurodegenerative illness... |
| Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:00:00 PST Parkinson's Disease First Step In Strategy For Cell Replacement Therapy In Parkinson's Disease Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) are a promising avenue for cell replacement therapy in neurologic diseases. For example, mouse and human iPSCs have been used to generate dopaminergic (DA) neurons that improve symptoms in rat Parkinson's disease models... |
| Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PST Parkinson's Disease Inability To Express Emotion May Be An Early Symptom Of Parkinson's Disease Alexithymia, a person's state of deficiency in understanding, processing, or describing emotions, has been strongly linked to depression in both clinical and general populations, and even though symptoms of alexithymia and depression can be partially overlapping, they are not all related to depressive symptoms and therefore highlight the relative independence of the two disorders... |
| Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST Parkinson's Disease How Alpha-Synuclein Interacts With Cell Membranes In Parkinson's Disease The accumulation of α-synuclein, a small, negatively charged protein, in neural cells, is one of the hallmarks of Parkinson's disease. It has been suggested that oligomeric α-synuclein causes membranes to become permeable, or to form channels on the outer cell membrane... |
| Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:00:00 PST Parkinson's Disease Solving The Parkinson's Conundrum: Biologists A Step Closer Research by a team in the University's Department of Biology found evidence that movement disorders, including tremor and slowness of movement (bradykinesia), associated with Parkinson's disease (PD) may be due to a defect in energy production in the nervous system. The advance may help to identify young adults who may be susceptible to the disease... |
| Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:00:00 PST Parkinson's Disease Researchers Identify Path To Treat Parkinson's Disease At Its Inception Imagine if doctors could spot Parkinson's disease at its inception and treat the protein that triggers it before the disease can sicken the patient... |
