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Davis Phinney Foundation Launches 'Every Victory Counts' Program to Help People Live Well With Parkinson's
Thursday, February 11, 2010
To view the news release, please visit http://bit.ly/9is2ws
Fredy Revilla, MD, and Alberto Espay, MD, movement disorders specialists with UCNI's Gardner Center, reviewed material for the Davis Phinney Foundation's new Every Victory Counts project.
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The UC Neuroscience Institute, a regional center of excellence, is dedicated to patient care, research, education, and the development of new treatments for stroke, brain and spinal tumors, epilepsy, traumatic brain and spinal injury, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, disorders of the senses (swallowing, voice, hearing, pain, taste and smell), and psychiatric conditions (bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and depression).
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dale’s Hope Story: Parkinson's
After being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2003, 46-year-old Dale Ankenman was determined not to let it keep him off his bike. Considering his long list of credentials, including qualified former U.S. Navy Submariner, Army Ranger, scuba diver and parachutist, he wasn’t used to the idea of something he could not physically conquer.
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