The book Parkinson’s Treatment: 10 Secrets to a Happier Life was listed a number #1 bestseller in Parkinson’s Disease books. The book has been translated into more than 20 language versions.
This is a post with permission from David Yon, a Parkinson’s disease patient at the University of Florida Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration in Gainesville, FL. Wheels up. That phrase has meant good times and has been followed by many fun and challenging experiences that were the source of…
The National Parkinson Foundation is coming to the University of Florida on June 4th and you are invited. Many of you are involved with their NPF’s Parkinson’s Outcomes Project which was designed to study how the best care affects real people with Parkinson’s disease, at every stage of their disease.
In an interview with Bloomberg about the Michael J. Fox return to TV, the reporter was interested in how a Parkinson’s disease patient like Michael has suddenly improved. In the article she interviews Michael S. Okun, M.D. author of Parkinson’s Treatment: 10…
The news release for Dr. Okun’s new book aimed at helping patients live well with Parkinson’s Disease has been posted to several major news sites including the Wall Street Journal and the Miami Herald. “Parkinson’s Treatment: 10 Secrets to a Happier Life” has been translated into more than twenty languages, including: Arabic,…
Many of the valuable resources available to help patients with Parkinson disease are only available in English. In a new book translated into over 20 languages Michael S. Okun, MD, the co-director of the University of Florida Center for Movement Disorders & Neurorestoration, aims to help patients live well with Parkinson disease. “Parkinson’s…
Dr. Irene Malaty talked to WCJB TV and GTN TV over the last couple of weeks about the National Parkinson Foundation findings on depression in Parkinson disease. WCJB Interview GTN Interview…
John Gabriel former Orlando Magic GM and current NY Knicks Executive talks about how he is beating Parkinson’s Disease. He threw himself into his work, scouting dozens of games in Orlando and beyond and spending week after week with colleagues in New York. Gabriel would take a…
Depression is not detected early enough or treated aggressively enough according to data and recommendations from the National Parkinson Foundation’s Quality Improvement Initiative “Report to the Community”. USA Today interviewed Dr. Michael Okun, Medical Director for NPF and also the Co-Director of the UF Center for Movement…
The Department of Veteran’s Affairs recently published an update on their research into links between Agent Orange and Parkinson Disease. Dr. Irene Malaty, director of UF’s National Parkinson Foundation Center of Excellence, discussed this update with NPR. The…
