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Shawn Dunahue: The Fight We Didn’t Choose: Advocating for Those Living With Parkinson’s.
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Shawn Dunahue: The Fight We Didn’t Choose: Advocating for Those Living With Parkinson’s.

Shawn Dunahue is a seasoned sales and revenue operations advisor with over 30 years of experience helping businesses grow through strategic leadership, process optimization,…

May 5, 2025
Welcome to May 2025…
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Welcome to May 2025…

Welcome to May 2025…thank you for your support! Please share and ask others to subscribe. No one is alone in this fight for a…

May 1, 2025
The Tackling Tough Topics BLOG 15: Loneliness
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The Tackling Tough Topics BLOG 15: Loneliness

Dr. George Ackerman is from Brooklyn, N.Y. He now resides in Florida and works in the fields of law, police, and education. George lost…

May 1, 2025
Margarita Makoutonina: My Life Is A Journey For Empowering Others
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Margarita Makoutonina: My Life Is A Journey For Empowering Others

Margarita and Svetlana Makoutonina are the founding directors of ParkiLife Australia Pty Ltd, World Parkinson Coalition’s organizational partner. Margarita Makoutonina is an Occupational Therapist…

April 30, 2025
Colleen Bridges M.Ed, NSCA-CPT, Parkinson’s Disease Fitness Specialist, 2020 Medfit Education Foundation
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Colleen Bridges M.Ed, NSCA-CPT, Parkinson’s Disease Fitness Specialist, 2020 Medfit Education Foundation

Professional of the Year, Belmont University Occupational Therapy advisory board member, two Rock Steady Boxing affiliates and the owner/head coach of Bridges for Parkinson's…

April 28, 2025
Shan Havins: Rewriting the Rules: Parkinson’s, AI, and the Power of Showing Up.
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Shan Havins: Rewriting the Rules: Parkinson’s, AI, and the Power of Showing Up.

Shan Havins is a researcher, founder, former national lab leader, wife, mother, athlete, and advocate living with young onset Parkinson's disease. Diagnosed in 2023,…

April 28, 2025
Ready for a Challenge?
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Ready for a Challenge?

WHY STACK DON’T CRACK? The Stack Don’t Crack Challenge draws attention to one of the more than 40 distinct symptoms of Parkinson’s disease: the…

April 20, 2025
NewYork – Presbyterian 2025 Annual Parkinson’s Disease Symposium
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NewYork – Presbyterian 2025 Annual Parkinson’s Disease Symposium

We would like to invite you to join us for the NewYork – Presbyterian 2025 Annual Parkinson’s Disease Symposium for Patients, Caregivers, Community Partners,…

April 19, 2025
Survani Sinha: A Way Forward with NeuroSpiral
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Survani Sinha: A Way Forward with NeuroSpiral

Survani Sinha: A Way Forward with NeuroSpiral: A Multimodal Deep Learning Framework for Parkinson’s Diagnosis Please tell me a little about your background. I’m…

April 10, 2025
Team Foxflow & Shelley Gilbert: Exercise is my Medicine    
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Team Foxflow & Shelley Gilbert: Exercise is my Medicine    

Shelley Gilbert: Being diagnosed with Parkinson’s at age 60, an otherwise healthy and fit 60-year-old, was certainly a big blow. I remembered watching my…

April 2, 2025