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You can find out more about NPF's National Medical Director, Dr. Michael S. Okun, by also visiting the NPF Center of Excellence, University of Florida Health Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration. Dr. Okun is also the author of the Amazon #1 Parkinson's Best Seller 10 Secrets to a Happier Life.
The recent surge in publications on exercise for Parkinson's disease has left many patients and doctors ill equipped to implement programs. Most of the exercise trials in Parkinson's have revealed meaningful benefits both in Parkinson's specific symptoms and in quality of life. Though we have yet to sort out the best types of exercise regimes, the most appropriate frequency of exercise, and the optimal intensity of therapy for any individual patient, there is an even larger issue facing the field: many people suffering from Parkinson's disease simply do not exercise. Understanding the barriers preventing implementation of a regular Parkinson's disease exercise program will be important for both prescribing clinicians and for patients.
Ellis and colleagues in the journal Physical Therapy explored the barriers to exercise in community dwelling people with Parkinson's disease. The authors studied 260 Parkinson's disease patients and compared exercisers to non-exercisers. The patients were asked to complete the barriers subscale of the Physical Fitness and Exercise Activity Levels of Older Adults Scale. The study revealed that in people who did not exercise, there was a low expectation for positive benefit. The non-exercise group also was concerned about the amount of time needed per day to initiate such a program, as well as the fall risk associated with exercise.
Making our clinicians and our patients aware of the barriers to implementing exercise programs for Parkinson's disease will aid us in overcoming the issues unearthed by Ellis et al. In the near future, there likely will be more Parkinson's-specific research studies that will shed even more light on this issue. In the mean time, education will play a pivotal role in facilitating the implementation of exercise plans, and health care practitioners as well as family members should be prepared to present Parkinson's disease patients with recent scientific data supporting the use of exercise. A higher level conversation about exercise, citing its proven benefits, has an enhanced potential to reverse some of the low expectations expressed by many Parkinson's sufferers. Additionally, it should be stressed to patients that consistent daily exercise may be performed in small aliquots of time (30-60 minutes a day), and in many cases within the home setting. Finally, there are many exercises that can be performed safely without increasing the fall risk. Involvement of a physical therapist and a care partner can be useful in setting up a safe, and consistent home-based or gym-based program.
As more studies clarify the types of exercise we should be prescribing for individual patients, more clinicians will need to develop strategies to defeat the barriers to implementing exercise programs in Parkinson's disease. Exercise is likely to improve the quality of life for most Parkinson's disease sufferers, but we must meet the meet the public health challenge to get it adopted and get it embraced by the Parkinson's disease community.
Lisa Shulman and colleagues at the University of Maryland compared treadmill exercises, stretching, and resistance exercises as a treatment for walking, strength and fitness in Parkinson's disease. There were 67 patients tested and interestingly the lower intensity settings for treadmill walking were better than stretching, resistance exercises, and even higher intensity treadmill training. Predictably only the uses of stretches and resistance training improved measures of strength. Shulman and colleagues concluded a low intensity workout on the treadmill paired with resistance exercises had the potential as the most beneficial combination for Parkinson's disease patients.
Meanwhile Dan Corcos at the Northwestern National Parkinson Foundation Center of Excellence in Chicago took a different approach from Shulman and colleagues. Corcos looked at a set of weight lifting tasks referred to as progressive resistance exercises versus standard stretching, balance, and strengthening. The progressive resistance exercises showed more benefit on the Parkinson motor symptoms than traditional stretching, balance and strengthening exercises.
Finally, NPF's Parkinson's Outcomes Project team studied the effects of exercise on a large cohort of 3,000 patients. Interestingly, exercising and exercising earlier in the disease revealed improvements in quality of life. They found that the sooner you start exercising, the greater the quality of life benefit. It didn't matter what exercise patients were doing, the essential finding was, start now!
Despite some conflicting findings on exercise, the last point is paramount: it matters less what you do and more that you do it. Engaging in exercise for at least 2.5 hours per week is the most important thing. Talk to your doctor and your physiatrist for guidance on the design of an exercise program, but ensure it is practicable for you!
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Browse current and archived What's Hot in PD? articles, the National Parkinson Foundation's monthly blog for people with Parkinson's written by our National Medical Director, Dr. Michael S. Okun.
June 2015
Short and Long-Term Problems with Anticholinergic Drugs used for Sleep, Bladder, and Tremor Symptoms
May 2015
Leaps in Deep Brain Stimulation Technology
April 2015
What to tell Parkinson's patients about diet and taking statin drugs
March 2015
Everything a Parkinson's Disease Patient Needs to Know About the New Dopamine Pump
February 2015
Tips for Parkinson's Disease Patients Switching from Sinemet or Madopar to Rytary (IPX066)
January 2015
More Evidence Linking Gut Bacteria to Parkinson's Disease: A Guide for Patients
December 2014
Two New Therapies for Parkinson's Disease Patients to get Excited About: Vaccines and Monoclonal Antibodies
November 2014
The Importance of a Monitoring Strategy When Prescribing Dopamine Agonists: Lessons from the National Parkinson Foundation Data
October 2014
Is Midlife Migraine Related to Late Life Parkinson's Disease?
September 2014
Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease: NPF Congratulates Mahlon DeLong and Alim-Louis Benabid and Looks to a Bright Future in Human Neural-Network Modulation
August 2014
Everything You Need to Know About Medical Marijuana and Parkinson's Disease
July 2014
The End for Levodopa Phobia: New Study Shows Sinemet is a Safe Initial Therapy for Treatment of Parkinson's Disease
June 2014
Is light therapy a potential treatment modality in Parkinson's disease?
May 2014
How does the most common genetic cause of Parkinson's Disease (LRRK2) cause Parkinson's disease and could it be used to help develop a better therapy?
April 2014
An Update on DAT Scanning for Parkinson's Disease Diagnosis
March 2014
Could Northera (Droxidopa) Be an Alternative Treatment for Low Blood Pressure and Passing Out Symptoms?
February 2014
The Dream of a Pill Free Existence and the Continuous Dopaminergic Pump for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease
January 2014
Should I take Inosine to Raise my Uric Acid Levels and Treat my Parkinson's Disease?
December 2013
Could Fungus and Mold be an Important Contributor to Parkinson's Disease?
November 2013
Pimavanserin and the Hope for a Better Drug for Hallucinations and Psychosis in Parkinson's Disease
October 2013
Halting of the Creatine Study
September 2013
The Importance of Identifying and Treating Caregiver Strain
August 2013
Putting Parkinson's Disease Information into the Palm of Your Hand: Parkinson's Enters the Smartphon
July 2013
What Parkinson's Disease Patients Need to Know about H. Pylori Gastrointestinal Infections
June 2013
A2A Receptor Antagonists and Parkinson's Disease Treatment
May 2013
Another Setback for Trophic Factor Treatment in Parkinson's Disease
April 2013
IPX066 and What Patients Really Want in New Carbidopa/Levodopa (Sinemet) Formulations
March 2013
The Weather Forecast for Parkinson's Disease Calls for Worldwide Economic Storm
February 2013
Defeating the Barriers to Implementing Exercise Regimens in Parkinson's Disease Patients
January 2013
When should you start medication therapy for Parkinson's disease?
December 2012
Neurologist Care Reduces Hospitalizations in Parkinson's Disease
November 2012
A Victory in Court for Parkinson's Disease Patients who Require Ongoing Rehabilitative Therapies
October 2012
Given the recent FDA announcement about Mirapex (pramipexole), should I be worried about dopamine agonists?
September 2012
What about the new Parkinson's Disease Vaccine? What should I know?
August 2012
Caffeine as a Potential Treatment for Parkinson's Disease
July 2012
Time to Consider GPi DBS for Parkinson's Disease: A Shift in the Practice of Patient Selection for DBS
June 2012
A New Treatment for Parkinson's Disease-Related Constipation
May 2012
Too Many Pills: Improving Delivery Systems for Parkinson's Disease Drugs
April 2012
Measuring Quality and Assessing Depression in Parkinson's Disease
March 2012
Watch out for Unexpected Obstacles if You Use a Cueing Strategy to Break Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease
February 2012
Pill Color, Generic Medications and Insurance Issues: Important Medication-Related Tips for the Parkinson's Disease Patient
January 2012
Are Blood Tests for Parkinson's Disease on the Horizon?
December 2011
Placing Stem Cells in Animal Models of Parkinson's Disease: Another Important Step
November 2011
Important News for the Parkinson's Disease Community: More Evidence that Sinemet and Madopar are Not Toxic and do Not Accelerate Disease Progression
October 2011
The Case for All Parkinson's Disease Patients to be Co-managed by a Primary Care-Neurologist Team
September 2011
Scientists say Research on Brain Proteins Involved in Parkinson's Disease is "Shaping" Up
August 2011
Who Actually Takes Care of Most of the Parkinson's Patients Worldwide: The Need for Education and the Parkinson's Toolkit
July 2011
If you are Dizzy or Passing Out, it could be Your Parkinson's Disease or Parkinson's Disease Medications
June 2011
How Will Group Visits for Parkinson's Disease Fit into the Future of Parkinson's Disease Care?
May 2011
Why Patients Should be Wary of Chelation Therapy for Parkinson's Disease
April 2011
Opening the Door to Gene Therapy in Parkinson's Disease: The Need for Refinement of the Technology and Approach
March 2011
Does it Matter if I Can't Get Brand Sinemet?
February 2011
Should I get a DaTscan or PET scan to confirm my diagnosis of Parkinson's disease?
January 2011
A Critical Reappraisal of the Worst Drugs in Parkinson's Disease
December 2010
Environmental Risks for PD: Manganese, Welding, Mining, and Parkinsonism
November 2010
Calling for the FDA to Revise the Eight Sinemet a Day Rule
October 2010
Dry Cleaning Solvents and Potential Environmental Risks for Developing Parkinson's Disease
September 2010
Maintaining the Balance: Why Parkinson's Disease Patients Need to Understand Drug Recalls, Withdrawals, and Safety Alerts
August 2010
Shining a Light on Parkinson's Disease: Optogenetics Has a Bright Future in Research
July 2010
Poor Medication Management of Parkinson's Disease During Hospital Admissions: Patients and Families Can Improve Their Hospital-Based Management
June 2010
Why Are Patches and Continuous Release Technology a Big Deal to Parkinson's?
May 2010
Is the PD SURG Trial Another Surge Forward for DBS Therapy?
April 2010
Cycling in PD in Those Who Can't Walk: Is it Possible?
March 2010
New iPS Stem Cells for PD: What Does it Mean?
February 2010
Time for Comprehensive Care Networks for PD
January 2010
Is Parkinson's Disease a Prion Disease?
December 2009
Parkinson's Disease Linked to Gaucher's Disease
November 2009
Brain Cells Keep Time Stamps: Implications for Parkinson's Disease Therapies
October 2009
Is it Safe to Have an MRI with a DBS in Place?
September 2009
Take Care of Your Bones as They Are Affected in Parkinson's Disease (Even in Men)
August 2009
Is it Time to Start Paying Attention to Pain Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease Patients?
July 2009
Glutathione Fails to Demonstrate Significant Improvement in PD Symptoms
June 2009
Keeping an Eye on Trials Important to the Parkinson's Disease Patient
May 2009
Increased Risk of Melanoma in Parkinson's Disease
April 2009
Finally a DBS Expert Consensus Statement Aimed at Their True Customers: The Patients
March 2009
Pesticides and Environmental Exposure in Parkinson's disease: Should We Stay Away From the Stink Truck?
February 2009
Is Exercise Effective Treatment and Protection Against PD?
January 2009
Why are Transplant Trials Struggling to Succeed in the Treatment of PD?
December 2008
Are Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors Disease Modifying or Neuroprotective in PD?
November 2008
Update on Gene Therapy for Parkinson's Disease
Each month, we will feature a new column by NPF's National Medical Director, Dr. Michael Okun, on the latest developments in Parkinson's disease research. Read the latest "What's Hot in PD?" below.
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Communicates with local sections of the Girl Scouts/Boy Scouts/Brownies, etc. to arrange for meeting/demonstrations - Communicates with local Student Chapter(s) to involve them in meetings/demonstrations Professional Development Chair/ Continuing Education Chair - Surveys what continuing education sessions would be most useful to Local Section members - Schedules sessions in conjunction with Local Section meetings - Offers sessions as stand alone seminars or professional development days - Attempts to run continuing education seminars on local university campuses to encourage student involvement - Offers PE review classes for those preparing for the exam - Encourages Local Section members to participate in webinars offered by AIChE Industrial Liaison - Communicates with managers and executives in local companies to share upcoming Local Section events - Assesses on a yearly basis what continuing education or programming local managers and executives would find most useful for their employees to receive and share this information with Local Section officers Government Liaison - 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The park is nice to spend a day with children, but the restaurant is very nice... I really recommend it.
Nature, and a fertile one surely, is tamed and Germanically ordered in this enormous park, originated in a donation from the owner of the Malwee clothes factory to their employes. Donor's ashes lay today in a small temple in the park. Really unique and worth visiting! (and have lunch at the German restaurant therein).
If you are looking for a family-friendly option for Sundays - or any other day - Parque Malwee is for sure the place to go!
Hikes, walks, bike trails (there are bikes to rent available) are some of the possibilities.
There is plenty of places for picnic and even some grills available for barbecue.
Two German restaurants complete the pack....
Lots of space, lakes, soccer field, and sand volleyball. Fun to hang out in the park- must see in Jaraguá!
It is a little bit like Parque Ibirapuera and Parque da Aclimação in São Paulo. There are several lakes, one of the with a sideway for biciclces and walkers. There is a restaurant. Very beautiful place. It is worth the visit.
This place was a dream of a visionary, where one can go for walking, running or having nice time alone or in a company of friends. There are two restaurants German style where the dishes are finely prepared, specially on Sundays.
It's a nice park when you compare to other parks in Brazil, but when you go overseas the story it's completely different.
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If he's not been formally diagnosed by a psychiatrist or other mental health professional, it's not BPD. However much you've read up on the subject, you are not qualified to diagnose medical conditions unless and until you are a licensed professional.
And I wonder if you're a "fixer" who's found a project with this guy rather than dealing with your own issues. It is not your job or obligation to make anyone whole and healthy.
All that being said, I have several family members (immediate and extended) with severe bi-polar disorder. I know first-hand the danger and chaos of that condition. Were I in your shoes, I'd be gone from this guy unless he a) gets formally diagnosed by a qualified medical professional; b) gets treatment and therapy, c) makes measurable progress. That's it. I'd tell him, "I love you, but I can't stay in this relationship unless you get treatment. Let me know when you decide what you're doing." Then walk out the door.
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Measurement of detection efficiency using Pb-scintillating fiber sampling KLOE calorimeter for neutrons between 22 and 174 MeV
ABSTRACT We exposed a prototype of the high-sampling lead-scintillating fiber KLOE calorimeter to neutron beam of 21, 46, and 174 MeV, provided by the The Svedberg Laboratory (TSL), Uppsala, to study its neutron detection efficiency. This has been found larger than what what expected considering the scintillator thickness of the KLOE prototype only.We checked the reliability of our method, measuring also the neutron detection efficiency of a 5 cm thick NE110 scintillator. Our results prove the existence of a contribution from passive material to neutron detection efficiency, in a high-sampling calorimeter configuration. The origin of the efficiency enhancement has been studied using the FLUKA Monte Carlo code. We present the TSL beam test results and the reasons for such enhancement, which allows to develop compact, inexpensive, fast, and highly efficient neutron counters.
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'A Thread Across the Ocean'
By JOHN STEELE GORDON
Published: August 11, 2002
Thomas Nightingale had prospered in South Carolina almost from the day he had arrived as a young man from his native Yorkshire in the 1720s. He got his start operating a cow pen on the frontier but soon branched into numerous other activities, including building Newmarket Race Track in Charleston and importing some of the first thoroughbred horses to the North American colonies.
The timing of his arrival had been fortunate. Trade in rice and indigo was fast making the Carolina tidewater the richest part of the British North American empire, and Thomas Nightingale grew rich right along with his adopted land.
In 1760, already well established among Charleston's aristocracy, he decided to add one more proof of his status in that very status-conscious society. He bought a pew, number 101, in St. Michael's Church, then under construction in Charleston. With the great wealth at the congregation's disposal, little expense had been spared in the building of St. Michael's, a masterpiece of American colonial architecture. Much of the woodwork, for instance, would be supplied by Thomas Elfe, the city's leading cabinetmaker and himself a pew holder. A pew in such a church did not come cheaply. But for fifty pounds—more than a workman's annual wage in the middle of the eighteenth century—Thomas Nightingale received a deed to the pew, signed and sealed by the church commissioners.
That deed, to our eyes, has one very curious aspect. It is dated "the fifth day of December in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty and in the Thirty-Fourth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King GEORGE the Second ..." But George II had died suddenly of a burst blood vessel on October 25, 1760, while in his water closet. December 5, therefore, was in fact in the first year of the reign of his grandson, King George III.
It is a measure of the perceived vastness of the Atlantic Ocean in the eighteenth century that the king's richest North American possession remained ignorant of his death a full six weeks after the event. Charleston, in fact, did not learn of the king's death for another two weeks or more.
Yet America's civilization and character developed during the colonial period in the context of this profound isolation from its European roots. In 1620, the Mayflower had sailed from Plymouth, in Devonshire, on September 16, and raised Cape Cod only on November 9. That was considered a very good passage at the time, and in fact it was still a good passage two hundred years later. It was by no means unprecedented for a ship unfortunate in weather to take four months to make the trip from the Old World to the New.
Because the trip was so long, expensive, and perilous, only a handful of immigrants to the New World—mostly members of the colonies' business and political elites—ever had the opportunity to return to the Old. Thus, to set sail for America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was, almost always, to say good-bye forever to all the emigrant had known and loved.
Since for all practical purposes, news could travel no faster than human beings could carry it, knowledge of events in Europe—the center of the Western world—was just as slow to flow across the ocean as men and goods. North America was not only three thousand miles from Europe—it was two months from it as well. There was not even a regular postal system; letters were entrusted to anyone willing to carry them, to be delivered when and if possible.
Today, such isolation is almost inconceivable. After all, it took the Apollo astronauts only three days to reach the moon, a distance almost a hundred times as great as the width of the Atlantic, and news from the moon (not, to be sure, that there is much) could reach us in seconds.
But in Thomas Nightingale's day, the vast gulf between Europe and America was simply a fact of life. Like growing old, or needing to sleep for several hours a day, it was taken as a given, if sometimes regretted.
But even as King George lay dying in his water closet, many of his subjects, especially in the Midlands of England, were already deeply involved in a process that would profoundly alter the boundaries of what was possible. The cloth industry, for example, a mainstay of the British economy for centuries, had begun to mechanize, adopting the factory system of manufacture, which would come to dominate the world economy. John Kay's flying shuttle, introduced in 1733, considerably increased the speed with which cloth could be woven. The spinning jenny and the water frame, introduced in the 1760s, greatly accelerated the manufacture of yarn. The power loom in the 1780s completed the mechanization of the industry.


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Aldi beats 'the big four' to win best supermarket award for the second time in two weeks as judges declare 'its prices don't compromise on quality'
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- It beat Sainsbury's, Tesco, Asda and Morrisons to win prize
- Last week it won Best Supermarket in The Grocer Awards
- Britain's shoppers flocking to unfashionable low-priced brands
- Skoda named best car manufacturer and praised for value
Aldi has been named the UK¿s best supermarket in the Which? 2013 awards
Not so long ago, they were brands many consumers were happy to avoid.
But now Aldi is riding a wave of popularity with middle class customers for its cheap, high-quality goods – and has again been named Britain's best supermarket by Which?.
And Skoda, once a joke in car circles, has lived up to its new reputation for affordable style and reliability by being named best motor manufacturer.
The accolades at the Which? awards 2013 reflect how the nation is rethinking old prejudices as the cost of living squeeze drags on and many struggle to pay even essential bills.
Discount chain Aldi is enjoying phenomenal sales growth of more than 30 per cent, outpacing its upmarket rivals, and opening new shops at the rate of two a month.
Which? said it was named the winner for its range of best buys, quality food and good pricing.
The consumer champion said: 'Its low prices don't seem to compromise on quality. Within Aldi's keenly priced range it has produced a number of best buys.
'We've seen everyday items, such as Magnum Eucalyptus Antibacterial washing-up liquid and Almat with Stain-Lift Bio Powder, do better than costly rivals.'
Only last week Aldi was named best supermarket in The Grocer awards, and it also won out over high street competitors in blind taste tests.
Luxury chocolate, sauces, yoghurt, hams, teas and dry-cured bacon saw the German-owned chain collect ten gold medals in a survey of own-label foods.
Czech firm Skoda earned a rust-bucket reputation for its cheap cars before being taken over by Volkswagen in 2000. Since then, it has achieved a phenomenal improvement in quality and design.
Own brand: Aldi's Champagne Veuve Monsigny (left) won silver at the International Wine Challenge while the company's £9.65 Oliver Cromwell London Dry Gin (right) scooped silver at the International Spirits Challenge
Skoda, once a joke in car circles, was named best motor manufacturer in the Which? awards
Skoda, once a joke in car circles, was named best motor manufacturer in the Which? awards
Its small four-by-four Yeti, plus the Fabia, Octavia, Superb, Rapid and new Citigo cars have global annual sales approaching one million.
Which? said: 'Its cars offer exceptional value for money, particularly when compared to near-identical models from Volkswagen.
'Skoda owners seem to be very happy with their choice, giving it one of the highest customer scores of 89 per cent.'
Yesterday's awards are based on consumer research and Which?'s own assessment of reliability, choice, service and cost. John Lewis, which promises to match rivals' low prices with its 'Never Knowingly Undersold' pledge, is named Retailer of the Year.
Which? said: 'Its impressive range, both in-store and online, plus its excellent customer feedback, make it a true retail champion.'
Samsung, which offers everything from top-of-the-range smartphones such as the Galaxy to flat screen TVs, beat Apple to be named Best Computing Brand.
Other winners were Bosch, LG, Panasonic and Amazon along with the good value mobile phone offers from Tesco Mobile and NFU Mutual for its financial services.
Peter Vicary-Smith, chief executive of Which?, praised the winning stores' continued efforts in difficult financial circumstances for many.
He said: 'In these tough economic times it's fantastic that there are companies who still go the extra mile for their customers to provide good-quality service and value for money products.'
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