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Hi! Last week I focused on the risk factor of family history.
This week I would like to focus on the risk factor of age.



Currently, age is the greatest risk factor of Parkinson's disease.
Parkinson's disease usually develops in those who are around the age period of their late fifties, through early sixties.

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Hey, everyone! Thanks for joining me for another weekly blog post about Parkinson's disease.

I think that I would like to talk to you all about how a family history of Parkinson's can increase the risk of development.

Normally having one or more relative in your family with PD, can increase the risk of development.

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Hello, welcome back and thanking for viewing my weekly blog posts about Parkinson's Disease.

Last week I focused on the effects that Parkinson's has on a patients body.

This week I would like to give you some general information about the prognosis of Parkinson's.

Currently there is no cure for Parkinson's disease, but even though there's no cure, Parkinson's patients can still live a typically healthy/ active life. Parkinson's is not a fatal illness, but the disease's progression will eventually leave a patient completely debilitated. 

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Hello, everyone! I'm very sorry for the delay on the weekly blog posts about Parkinson's disease. I gladly want to let you know that I'm back to post more information, and to make everyone more aware of Parkinson's disease.

This week I would like to focus on the effect that Parkinson's has on a patients body.

Some of the effects of Parkinson's involve brain, where it creates a shortage in the brain signaling chemical dopamine.  It effects the body physically, by effecting a patients ability to control initiation, speed, and smoothness of motion. Parkinson's also effects the body mentally by increasing the risk of depression. 

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Hey everyone, and welcome back to another weekly blog post about Parkinson's disease.

I believe that it would be necessary to focus on treatment for at least one more week.

This week, I would like to shift your focus on the treatment of Parkinson's disease with therapy.

Therapies of Parkinson's disease are used to delay the onset of motor symptoms, and are also designed to increase the levels of dopamine, which is the brain-signaling chemical. There are two types of therapy that are currently used, gene and drug therapy. 

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Hello again, everybody!
Welcome to my weekly blog posts, and for anyone new please look at my older blog posts to check up on information.

This week I would be to continued to talk about what's being done for patients that must deal with the symptoms associated with Parkinson's disease.

As of right there are some other types of treatment that are able to help those who have developed Parkinson's.

One of those other types of treatment is moderate/ regular exercise, which can improve motor function.

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Welcome back to another week of weekly blog posts about Parkinson's disease!
Throughout the past three weeks, the posts have been focused on the foundations that are in the process of discovering a cure for Parkinson's disease, and are devoted 100% to research.
I believe that now it is time to focus on what is being done about Parkinson's disease today, and how patients are able to cope with the symptoms associated with Parkinson's.

Currently, the most effective way for patients to be able to deal with the symptoms of Parkinson's disease is through medication treatment which can be prescribed by either doctors, or handing over the counter at your local pharmacy by a certified pharmacist.  

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Hey everybody!

I hope you enjoyed the information I gave you last week about the National Parkinson Foundation.

This week I want you to give you some information about the Paul Ruby Foundation for Parkinson's Research.

The Paul Ruby Foundation for Parkinson's Research, started in 2007 and has raised more than $500,000 since then. They focus 100% on funding research, and has become partnered with Illinois's Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center at Northwestern University.

Please stay tuned for next week, to hear information about one last foundation, out of many in the United States, that is focused on improving the care of Parkinson's patients and funds research in order to find a cure.

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Hello, and I hope you enjoyed last week blog post about the Micheal J. Fox Foundation, and their effort in finding a cure for patients with Parkinson's disease.

This week, I would like to turn your focus on to the National Parkinson Foundation.

The National Parkinson Foundation is focused on driving breakthrough research by bringing together the leaders of NPF's Centers of Excellence in the United States, which are focused on delivering care to more than 50,000 Parkinson's patients. NPF has created a community of healthcare professionals that are dedicated to improve clinicial care in Parkinson's disease, through these Centers of Excellence. 

I'm planning on contributing to the research that is done at the National Parkinson Foundation, by collecting donations, and I also plan on helping other foundations by attending someone else's marathon in Erie, PA. 

Stay tuned, and next week I'll release more information about some more foundations that are in the process of finding a cure for Parkinson's disease. 

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For the next couple of weeks, I'll be focusing on the foundations that are in the process of finding a cure for Parkinson's disease, and I will also look at the mission of each of these foundations. 

This week I'm going to focus on The Micheal J. Fox Foundation.  

The promise of the Micheal J. Fox Foundation is to operate with a focused sense of optimistic urgency to find a cure for Parkinson's, and to ensure that there is a development of improved therapies for people that live with Parkinson's disease today. The foundation says that they won't stop until a cure is found for Parkinson's. 

Lecture Reflection:

February 6th, 2014

While a cure is in the process of being found, patients with Parkinson's can live a relatively regular life, even though they face minor complications that mostly deal with the symptoms that are associated with Parkinson's disease.

Lecture Reflection:

January 10th, 2014:

How was your work ethic junior year?
During my junior year, my work ethic was between Advanced and Proficient, because for the most part I continuously worked on my graduation project during the class.

What grade do you hope to get this year?
This year I am hoping to get between a high Proficient and a low Advanced, because I feel like this is a realistic goal for me, and that it is possible that I will be able to achieve this goal.

What do you need to do minimally in order to receive that grade?
In order to receive that grade this year, I minimally have to stay on track, and complete all of my goals that I set for myself, and make sure that I manage my time, and make sure that I am also able to get done with the final draft of my graduation project paper, the presentation, and the action plan.