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 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, 30 Jul 2010 01:00:00 PDT Parkinson's Disease New Pathway To Parkinson's And Alzheimer's Diseases Although their genetic underpinnings differ, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease are all characterized by the untimely death of brain cells... |
| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 PDT Parkinson's Disease Study Identifies Molecular Mechanism Triggering Parkinson's Disease Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a molecular pathway responsible for the death of key nerve cells whose loss causes Parkinson's disease. This discovery not only may explain how a genetic mutation linked to Parkinson's causes the cells' death, but could also open the door to new therapeutic approaches for the malady... |
| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:00:00 PDT Parkinson's Disease REM Sleep Disorder Could Be Early Warning Of Parkinson's, Dementia That Develops Decades Later American neurologists and sleep experts suggest in a recent study that rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder could be an early sign of Parkinson's disease or dementia that develops up to 50 years later. You can read how neurologist and sleep specialist Dr Bradley F... |
| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 PDT Parkinson's Disease Envoy To Seek New Parkinson's Disease Therapy With Scripps Envoy Therapeutics Inc., a recently formed drug discovery company, announced that it has begun a research collaboration with The Scripps Research Institute to identify new drugs for Parkinson's disease (PD) that have greater efficacy and safety compared to current therapies... |
| Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 PDT Parkinson's Disease Helping Neurons Fix Themselves In Parkinson's Patients A Michigan State University researcher is working to uncover how a protein known as parkin may help nerve cells fight off damage from Parkinson's disease, a strategy that could lead to new therapies for the degenerative ailment... |
| Sun, 25 Jul 2010 01:00:00 PDT Neurology / Neuroscience The Neurons That Tell You To Quit The basal ganglia is a series of highly connected brain areas localised deep in the cerebral cortex that recently has attracted interest of neuroscientists when it was linked to learning, and discovered to be affected in a number of disorders of the addictive and obsessive spectrum, but also in Parkinson's disease (PD)... |
| Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:00:00 PDT Alzheimer's / Dementia New Partnership With Open-Access Journal Molecular Neurodegeneration Announced By American Health Assistance Foundation The American Health Assistance Foundation (AHAF)has announced a new partnership with BioMed Central's open access journal, Molecular Neurodegeneration (MN) in which the publication will be the official open access journal of AHAF... |
