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Scheduled maintenance this evening

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted August 10, 2009
  • 13 replies
  • All, Inspire will be performing database updates this evening starting at 8:00 Eastern. We expect the updates to take no more than 2 hours and the site will be unavailable at this time. We thank you for ...

Sarkinson's Info Request

SarcSux
  • By SarcSux · Posted August 1, 2009
  • 14 replies
  • Dear friends, As most of regulars know, I have Sarc most everywhere, except the brain. According to MRI done last week. Now I have been DX'd with Parkinson's Disease. Nothing conclusive showed up on the ...

I knew the sunny beaches were unhealthy

SarcSux
  • By SarcSux · Posted July 31, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- For Immediate Release Thursday, July 30, 2009 E-mail this ...

Share your story via video!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted June 15, 2009
  • 28 replies
  • Sometimes the most powerful message each of us can share is our personal story -- our own experience. With upcoming healthcare legislation pending, one way we can be advocates is to share these stories ...

Follow Inspire on Twitter and Facebook!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted June 10, 2009
  • 32 replies
  • We're happy to announce that you can now stay in touch with what's happening at Inspire by following us on both Twitter and Facebook. While Inspire communities are still the best places to connect with ...

Guestbooks are now live!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 26, 2009
  • 6 replies
  • Hello everyone, Last week we mentioned that we'd be adding guestbooks to Inspire in the near future, and they are now live! We're very excited about this feature and hope you enjoy it. To check out your ...

Guestbooks - An exciting addition to Inspire

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 20, 2009
  • 35 replies
  • Hello everyone, We're writing to let you know about a great new feature we'll be adding to Inspire in the very near future: guestbooks. This is a feature that many of you have requested, and we're very ...

Moms, you rock!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 1, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • Looking for a unique and extraordinary way to say "thank you" to your mom? In honor of Mother's Day, good friend of Inspire Dr. Gwenn (of http://www.PediatricsNow.com and http://www.DrGwennIsIn.com) will ...

support center in Mumbai?

rcgoyal
  • By rcgoyal · Posted March 12, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • Friends Some of my relatives and friends are, since long time, suffering from 'Parkinson's disease' and through taking 'alopathy' treatment, but without any great relief and quality of life remains low ...

Parkinson's Tulip for awareness in the US

plan4life
  • By plan4life · Posted January 18, 2009
  • 1 reply
  • I wish the Inspire Community would use the new symbol for Parkinson's awareness - the PD Tulip, designed by Karen Painter, a young onset from Washington state. More an more people and groups across the ...

Parkinson's Action Network Forum March 15-17

plan4life
  • By plan4life · Posted January 18, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • The PAN forum in Washington D.C. is coming up in March. It wi be an amazing event with nationally recognized speakers from the NIH, Parkinson's orgs, research, government and pharma. I'm going and hope ...

Changing Gears....

Focusonacure
  • By Focusonacure · Posted December 18, 2008
  • 0 replies
  • For those of you that have read my blog regarding my DBS experience I appreciate your involvement, comments and good wishes. This week I went for a "tune up" one of several I will have over the next year ...

Conference in Seattle

plan4life
  • By plan4life · Posted October 21, 2008
  • 0 replies
  • November 1st is the HOPE conference in Seattle from the Northwest Parkinson Foundation. I'm on schedule to present as part of the pdplan4life team. If you are there - I hope to meet you ...

info about clinical trials

trial-participation
  • By trial-participation · Posted October 19, 2008
  • 0 replies
  • www.clinicaltrials.gov is the website that lists all clinical trials. You can search by disease, location, drug name, etc. for Parkinson's disease: www.pdtrials.org lists most ongoing trials Fewer than ...

My story - in a clinical trial

trial-participation
  • By trial-participation · Posted October 19, 2008
  • 1 reply
  • After being diagnosed with Parkinson's, I immediately set out to learn everything I could about this disease. The words "progressive" and "incurable" appeared in everything I read, but I kept telling ...

Symbol for Parkinson's awareness

plan4life
  • By plan4life · Posted October 16, 2008
  • 0 replies
  • http://www.pdtulip.com http://www.pdstamp.org ...

Welcome from TeamInspire!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted March 13, 2008
  • 35 replies
  • Hello, old friends and new. Today is a big day for us! We have made numerous improvements to your community, most that were suggestions from you. As you can see the site is very different then before ...

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