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No meeting on Tuesday, November 22nd & 29th

Let me know if you have topics that you would like to discuss.
Tuesday, December 6th at 7pm
There will be 2 Separate Zoom Meetings
Shaker's Anonymous Meeting
Lynn Hagerbrant
& Jeff Butchen 
 
Support and Networking Discussion for people with PD

Marsha Colten will be presenting about: "Breaking Down the Barriers to Research".
Care Partners Meeting
Jay Stratoudakis
 
 
All Care Partners are invited to join the December Meeting
Tuesday, December 13th at 7pm via zoom
MARIA L. MACCECCHINI, Ph.D. Founder, President, CEO and Executive Board Member
 
Dr. Maccecchini founded Annovis in May 2008 to develop better therapeutics for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Spouses and/or significant others are invited
 
Last Name Begins With:
A-H  Appetizers for 10 people
H-P  Dessert for 10 people
Q-Z  Drinks for 10 people
New
Parkinson’s Body and Mind is proud to offer
Virtual Rock Steady Boxing Classes
with Toni Meyfes 
Free of charge to PBM Members

 Live on Mondays at 10am and Wednesday at 9:15am
 starting Monday November 20th at 10am
(Classes 75 min)
 
Toni Rock Steady is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
 
Mind and Body Boxing -
Mondays 10 AM starting Nov 20, 2022
 Click here to Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 813 9774 5745
Passcode: 531303

Wednesdays starting Nov 23, 2022 09:15 AM 
 Click here to Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 875 0157 2538
Passcode: 461720
Dr. James Duffy Anxiety and Depression with Parkinson's Disease

Dr. Paul Gallo Topic: Walk, Run, Lift, Stretch and Cycle".
If you're interested or if you know
someone that needs a mentor
 
Call us at 203 742 1440 or email by clicking on the following link Parkinson's Body and mind PD Mentor.
Why Doctors Are Prescribing Nature Walks
 
In early April 2022, about two dozen children and their families gathered beneath the redwoods in a regional park near Oakland, Calif. They sat with a physician, Dr. Nooshin Razani, beneath the branches of the ancient giants, breathing the fresh air and discussing the phenomenon of fairy rings—when a mama tree is cut down, the baby trees grow up in a circle surrounding the stump of the parent tree. Read more...
Major advances in Parkinson's disease over the past two decades and future research directions

Developments in levodopa formulations and the standardisation of deep brain stimulation (DBS) substantially improved clinical management of patients with Parkinson's disease before the turn of the century. As a result of these developments, Parkinson's disease has become a chronic disorder and it is associated with a plethora of non-motor disabling complications. Cognitive impairment is now a major complication of Parkinson's disease. 

Patients gradually develop from being cognitively normal, to having mild cognitive impairment and then dementia as part of a continuum of progressive pathological changes in the brain, including misfolded protein deposition and neuronal loss. Read more...
We need volunteers to help with PBM social media, nonprofit accounting and recruiting people with PD to our PBM program at the Bridgeport YMCA. if interested, please contact elainegrant@parkinsonsbodyandmind.org
 Across all PD research, 85 percent of trials face delays and 30 percent never get started because of the chronic shortage of volunteers. This means people with Parkinson’s wait longer for better solutions to manage the disease.
PPMI: A New Horizon for Parkinson's Research
 
The Orchestra Study: An 18-month Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics of Oral UCB0599 in Study Participants With Early-stage Parkinson's Disease
 
To view additional clinical trials, please click
 
Paul Wear is an accomplished photographer and digital artist, whose works can be found in art collections worldwide.  For the last 23 years, Paul has published an annual calendar featuring his artwork. Paul is donating all profits from his 2023 calendar to Parkinson's Body and Mind. Click here to preview.
www.paulwear.com
Westport/Weston YMCA
14 Allen Raymond Ln. Westport, CT 203-226-8981 
Information regarding the PDBM program & schedule:

Parkinson's Body and Mind
Westport Weston YMCA
New Class!
Parkinson's Dance Jam
Thursdays at 11:45am
Call (203)226-8981 to register for a class
Greenwich YMCA50 E. Putnam Ave. Greenwich, CT 203 869 1630
Information regarding the PDBM program & schedule:
Fairfield YMCA 841 Old Post Rd., Fairfield CT 06824 
For more information, please call (203)255-2834 https://cccymca.org/locations/fairfield/schedules/
Bridgeport YMCA will be starting soon 850 Park Ave Bridgeport CT Read more...
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