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, 18 May 2012 01:00:00 PDT Neurology / Neuroscience Gene Therapy Helps Children With Rare, Incurable Brain Disease Using gene transfer techniques pioneered by University of Florida faculty, Taiwanese doctors have restored some movement in four children bedridden with a rare, life-threatening neurological disease. The first-in-humans achievement may also be helpful for more common diseases such as Parkinson's that involve nerve cell damage caused by lack of a crucial molecule in brain tissue... |
| Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT Parkinson's Disease Unravelling How Locomotion Starts Scientists at the University of Bristol have shed new light on one of the great unanswered questions of neuroscience: how the brain initiates rhythmic movements like walking, running and swimming... |
| Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT Parkinson's Disease Potential To Predict Parkinson's Disease Via Colonoscopy Or Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Two studies by neurological researchers at Rush University Medical Center suggest that, in the future, colonic tissue obtained during either colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy may be used to predict who will develop Parkinson's disease, a neurodegenerative disorder of aging that that leads to progressive deterioration of motor function due to loss of neurons in the brain tha... |
| Wed, 16 May 2012 01:00:00 PDT Parkinson's Disease Gene Variants Identified That Speed Progression Of Parkinson's Disease UCLA researchers may have found a key to determining which Parkinson's disease patients will experience a more rapid decline in motor function, sparking hopes for the development of new therapies and helping identify those who could benefit most from early intervention... |
| Mon, 14 May 2012 01:00:00 PDT Parkinson's Disease Vitamin K2 Potentially Offers Hope For A New Treatment For Parkinson's Disease Neuroscientist Patrik Verstreken, associated with VIB and KU Leuven, succeeded in undoing the effect of one of the genetic defects that leads to Parkinson's using vitamin K2. His discovery gives hope to Parkinson's patients... |
| Thu, 10 May 2012 01:00:00 PDT Parkinson's Disease Researchers Discover A New Family Of Key Mitochondrial Proteins For The Function And Viability Of The Brain This family comprises a cluster of six genes that may be altered in neurological conditions, such as Parkinson's and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease... |
| Sun, 06 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT Stem Cell Research Damaged Stem Cells Commit Suicide For The Good Of The Embryo Embryonic stem cells - those revered cells that give rise to every cell type in the body - just got another badge of honor. If they suffer damage that makes them a threat to the developing embryo, they swiftly fall on their swords for the greater good, according to a study published online in the journal Molecular Cell... |
