The Orange Crush Lacrosse Club is a girls lacrosse program dedicated to providing youth, middle and high school girls of Central Florida an opportunity to reach their full potential as lacrosse players. Parkinson Association of Central Florida’s board member, Jason Palmisano’s wife, Lisa Palmisano helps coach their daughter’s team. This year the U15 girl’s team played in the Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children tournament in Denver, Colorado. The team fought hard in the tournament and ended up taking 3rd place. As a reward the team was able to choose a charity of their choice to award $500 towards. The team chose PACF in honor of Lisa. Thank you Orange Crush for choosing PACF as your charity of choice!
2016 Walk for Parkinson Success
On April 16, 2016 the Parkinson Association of Central Florida held it's annual Walk for Parkinson at Blue Jacket Park in Baldwin Park, Florida. With over 500 people attended the walk well surpassed all expectations.
The goal was to raise $50,000 to be attributed to community support programs, and donations to research institutions. However, the walk exceeded past those goals and raised a total of $73,393. Over 800 people donate to the walk’s fundraiser helping to achieve these goals. Thank you to all of those who helped raise money and awareness for Parkinson’s disease.
The success of the walk is just the start for the Parkinson Association. They have many future projects planned with community partners. To help implement these projects the Parkinson Association hired, walk committee member, Emily Rinehart as the Development Coordinator. “I am thrilled to be helping alongside such a great cause. This organization truly has remarkable volunteers helping to grow this organization,” said Emily.
The Parkinson Association of Central Florida is already planning the next walk to be held in April 2017. If anyone is interested in sponsoring the April 2017 walk please contact us at info@parkinsoncf.org.
News 6 Interviews PACF Board Members About Parkinson's Disease
News 6 Interviews PACF Board Members Rita Bornstein and John Gabriel talk about their involvement with Parkinson Association of Central Florida and their personal experience with Parkinson’s disease.
New 6 also interviews Dr. Ira Goodman as he shares information on symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments associated with Parkinson disease. Compass Research is conducting multiple clinical trials for Parkinson disease and hope to one day create a modified effect instead of symptomatic treatments. Those diagnosed with Parkinson’s are encouraged to seek support groups and exercise to best treat symptoms.
Okun Releases Sequel to 2013 Bestseller, "Parkinson's Treatment: 10 Secrets to a Happier Life"
The National Parkinson Foundation's (NPF) medical director, Michael S. Okun, M.D., has released a new book, "10 Breakthrough Therapies for Parkinson's Disease." The book provides patients and families with all of the latest information on the potential breakthrough therapies for Parkinson's disease. Read More (PR Newswire)
New Research Sheds Light on the Molecular Origins of Parkinson's Disease
Using a new strategy they have devised to identify the molecular changes that drive the loss of neurons, researchers at The Rockefeller University and colleagues at Columbia University have identified two proteins they report may be important to Parkinson's. These two gene-regulating molecules appear to have a protective effect in the set of neurons most affected by the disease, and when their activity wanes, disease sets in. Read Article (medicalxpress.com)
Podcast: How Parkinson’s Variability Could Point to Personalized Treatments
Researchers are taking note of the variability and studying different causes and clinical appearance to develop new treatments.In this podcast from the Michael J. Fox Foundation, Zoltan Mari, interim director of the Parkinson’s and Movement Disorder Center at The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, discuss how researchers are taking note of the variability of symptoms and progression and studying different causes and clinical appearance to develop new treatments. Listen to the podcast (michaeljfox.org)
10 Lesser-Known Parkinson's Disease Symptoms
Before you or a loved one received a Parkinson’s disease diagnosis, you may have only been familiar with the tremor symptom. Parkinson's is different for everyone, and includes both motor and non-motor symptoms. Even after diagnosis, many are not aware of the range of symptoms the disease can involve. The Michael J. Fox Foundation asked its community to share symptoms that they didn’t know were part of Parkinson’s at first. Read Full Story (michaeljfox.org)