In the News

April is Parkinson's Awareness Month! (March 31, 2001) U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) introduced a resolution in the Senate that designates April as the national Parkinson’s Awareness Month. This action signifies the importance of Parkinson’s disease, and recognizes Congress’ commitment to finding better treatments and a cure for Parkinson’s disease. The Parkinson’s Action Network (PAN) expects that the resolution will be passed soon by the full Senate.

Parkinson's Patients Sing in Tune With Creative Arts Therapy (June 14, 2011) Twice a month a jam session takes place on the third floor of Northwestern Memorial's Prentice Women's Hospital. A diverse group of men and women, ranging in age and ethnicity, gather in a circle with instruments in hand and sing together. This is no ordinary jam band; all its members have Parkinson's disease. They are participating in Creative Arts for Parkinson's, a music and drama therapy program offered through Northwestern's Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center.

New Hope for Solving Parkinson's Disease Puzzle ScienceDaily (Mar. 1, 2011) — A protein pathway that may hold the secret to understanding Parkinson's disease has been discovered and explained by Iowa State University researchers.

Mother's Alzheimer's Disease May Boost Your Risk - (Feb. 2011) click title to read article about how individuals with maternal history of neurological disorders are affected

Brisk Walks May Boost Memory in Older Adults - (Jan. 2011) click title to read article: After one year of exercise, hippocampus region was bigger, study finds

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