Breaking News! The Spartanburg Parkinson's Disease Support Group is hosting a very special "PARKINSON"S AWARENESS DAY" free of cost. There will be several events happening. Among them is a presentation by Dr. Mark Stacy - Professor of Neurology & Associate Dean of Clinical Research at Duke University Medical Center - on "How to Live Well With Parkinson's Disease". Dr. Stacy directs the Movement Disorders Program at Duke; and is internationally recognized for his expertise in Parkinson's.
Date: September 29, 2011
Time: 1:30 - 3:00 pm --- Dr. Mark Stacy - Presentation of "How to Live Well With Parkinson's Disease" and Q & A
4:00 - 5:30 pm --- Special Event of a discussion of "Specific Treatment and Research Needs" with Dr. Mark Stacy. To participate in this Special Event, you must email Lisa Cox at sptgpd@gmail.com to reserve a seat
Other events include discussions about Parkinson's and how additional therapies such as Exercise, Massage Therapy, Dance Therapy, Music and Art Therapy, Physical and Occupational Therapy, and Speech Therapy can help in the treatment of this disease. Carlos Agudelo of Ballet Spartanburg will lead a Movement/Dance Class. Information Fair with vendors.
Cost: Admission is FREE - Everyone is invited to attend: Patients, Caregiver/Care Partners, Other Support Providers, and anyone interested in Parkinson's Disease
Location: The Chapman Cultural Center - 200 East St. John Street - Spartanburg, SC 29306 --- The cultural center telephone number is 864-583-0339
Contact Info: Lisa Cox at sptgpd@gmail.com - Telephone 864-579-4916
Attached is a PDF flyer with information about this event.
[Please do not contact Dottie Gantt for information, thank you!]
Note: To participate in the separate event at 4:00 - 5:30 pm of a discussion of "Specific Treatment and Research Needs" with Dr. Mark Stacy --- you must email Lisa Cox at sptgpd@gmail.com to reserve a seat.
Personal comment by Dottie - Those in our support group who have heard Dr. Stacy speak have said that he is an outstanding speaker.
Rx News --- The National Institute for Neurological Disease and Stroke (NINDS) has announced that they have stopped the clinical trial of Coenzyme Q10, referred to as the QE3 study. The study was designed to test whether fairly high doses of Coenzyme Q10 were effective in slowing the progression of Parkinson's disease, or neuroprotective. The investigators of the trial determined that there was neither a neuroprotective nor a symptomatic benefit of Coenzyme Q10 for people with early Parkinson's disease. Everyone who participated in this trial has already been alerted and the open and forthright communications to both investigators and patients should serve as a model for future clinical trial communications. For more information visit their web site http://www.parkinson.org/ or to this link to the article http://parkinson-study-group.org/docs/Clinical_Trials_in_Progress
/QE3_Final_PSG_Post_May_27_2011_2.pdf
Doctor News --- Dr. Tom Faber is back in Columbia and has joined USC Neurology - University Specialty Clinics. His office is located on the Palmetto Richland Hospital campus in the 8 Medical Park Bldg Ste 420, his email is tom.faber@uscmed.sc.edu and he is accepting patients.
Tai Chi Classes - Janet Swigler is offering a 8-week introductory class, beginning Sept. 6 at Eastminster Presbyterian Church on Trenholm Rd. Attached is both a Word Doc and PDF flyer with all the details. Janet presented Tai Chi as an excellent Parkinson exercise at our May 18, 2008 meeting. She is very familiar with working with Parkinson patients. To learn more about the benefits of Tai Chi Exercise for Parkinson Patients http://www.michaeljfox.org/newsEvents_parkinsonsInTheNews_article.cfm?ID=255
Please contact Janet directly if you have any questions.
Tuesdays, September 6 - October 25, 2011
4:45-5:45 PM
Eastminster Presbyterian Church
3200 Trenholm Road
Contact Janet Swigler - jlswigler@aol.com - Telephone 252-2204
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