Portland Countdown: A Series of Conversations on Parkinson’s Disease with Dave Iverson & Jon Palfreman

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In preparation for the 4th World Parkinson Congress in Portland in 2016, two highly experienced journalists (who are also living with Parkinson's) survey the landscape of Parkinson's disease research and treatment by interviewing some of the world’s leading neuroscientists, movement disorder special…

World Parkinson Coalition with support from the Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon


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    Parkinson's It Wont Define Me by Sara Lew

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 4:22


    Parkinson's It Wont Define Me by Sara Lew by World Parkinson Coalition with support from the Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon

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    Don't Stop by Robert Kamper

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 3:22


    Don't Stop by Robert Kamper by World Parkinson Coalition with support from the Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon

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    Parkinsons Anthem by Robert Kamper

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 3:01


    Parkinsons Anthem by Robert Kamper by World Parkinson Coalition with support from the Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon

    Together We Conquer Parkinsons by Rachael Yap

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 2:53


    Together We Conquer Parkinsons by Rachael Yap by World Parkinson Coalition with support from the Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon

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    Live It Loud by Philip Thomas

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 2:57


    Live It Loud by Philip Thomas by World Parkinson Coalition with support from the Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon

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    WINNER - Side By Side by the Edinburgh Parkinsons Branch Singing Group

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 3:26


    WINNER - Side By Side by the Edinburgh Parkinsons Branch Singing Group by World Parkinson Coalition with support from the Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon

    Hope For PD by Mihaela Avrigeanu

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 5:15


    Hope For PD by Mihaela Avrigeanu by World Parkinson Coalition with support from the Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon

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    Judy by MaryAnn Conway

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 3:26


    Judy by MaryAnn Conway by World Parkinson Coalition with support from the Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon

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    Sing it Up by Marilyn Neault

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 2:26


    Sing it Up by Marilyn Neault by World Parkinson Coalition with support from the Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon

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    Snowflake by Skip Satterwhite

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 3:35


    Snowflake by Skip Satterwhite by World Parkinson Coalition with support from the Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon

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    Make Your Life A Song by Linda Neil

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 2:47


    Make Your Life A Song by Linda Neil by World Parkinson Coalition with support from the Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon

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    I'm Going to Sing Out Loud by Lee Morris

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 3:09


    I'm Going to Sing Out Loud by Lee Morris by World Parkinson Coalition with support from the Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon

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    Only Love Is Real by Kyle Hollingsworth

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 4:02


    Only Love Is Real by Kyle Hollingsworth by World Parkinson Coalition with support from the Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon

    Friends by Tim Hall

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 2:51


    Friends by Tim Hall by World Parkinson Coalition with support from the Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon

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    You Still Really Matter by Victor Ruiz Molina

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 3:54


    You Still Really Matter by Victor Ruiz Molina by World Parkinson Coalition with support from the Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon

    Set Your Body Free by William Baek

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 4:58


    Set Your Body Free by William Baek by World Parkinson Coalition with support from the Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon

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    I'm the Beat of Another Song by Jose Maria Lobo

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 3:58


    I'm the Beat of Another Song by Jose Maria Lobo by World Parkinson Coalition with support from the Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon

    Tremble Clefs by Jim Sorensen

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 3:17


    Tremble Clefs by Jim Sorensen by World Parkinson Coalition with support from the Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon

    We all have Parkinsons by Eros Bresolin

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 3:08


    We all have Parkinsons by Eros Bresolin by World Parkinson Coalition with support from the Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon

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    Shook The World by Eros Bresolin

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 3:01


    Shook The World by Eros Bresolin by World Parkinson Coalition with support from the Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon

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    Park You Too by Eros Bresolin

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 2:52


    Park You Too by Eros Bresolin by World Parkinson Coalition with support from the Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon

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    My Fathers Hands by Emmanuel Mutsune

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 3:43


    My Fathers Hands by Emmanuel Mutsune by World Parkinson Coalition with support from the Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon

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    I Will Thrive - Despina Karamitsou

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 3:24


    I Will Thrive - Despina Karamitsou by World Parkinson Coalition with support from the Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon

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    WINNER - I Will Fall Down by Daniel Reed

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 3:57


    WINNER - I Will Fall Down by Daniel Reed by World Parkinson Coalition with support from the Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon

    Hope is Strong by Cherry Vogt-Ward

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 3:34


    HOPE, KIBOU by Carol Echols

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 3:35


    HOPE, KIBOU by Carol Echols by World Parkinson Coalition with support from the Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon

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    REASON TO HOPE by ARLON BENNETT

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 3:46


    REASON TO HOPE by ARLON BENNETT by World Parkinson Coalition with support from the Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon

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    Possibilities by Annette Edwards

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 1:15


    Possibilities by Annette Edwards by World Parkinson Coalition with support from the Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon

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    I'm Still Here by Tyrone Larmour

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2018 3:55


    I'm Still Here by Tyrone Larmour by World Parkinson Coalition with support from the Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon

    Dr. Jing Zhang, UW, talks about his research and presentation at WPC 2016

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2016 9:40


    KOMO Radio: Health Talk - September 11 ​

    May May Ali talks about plans for WPC 2016

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2016 13:55


    KOMO Radio: Health Talk - September 4

    Eli Pollard talks about WPC 2016

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2016 12:59


    Fox Sports Radio: Health Matters - September 12

    SiriusXM Doctor Radio Interview with May May Ali

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2016 23:54


    SiriusXM Doctor Radio Interview with May May Ali by World Parkinson Coalition with support from the Parkinson's Resources of Oregon

    15 Previewing Portland: WPC 2016

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2016 29:03


    Special Guests: Dr. Serge Przedborski and Elizabeth Pollard In our final podcast we preview the upcoming 4th World Parkinson Congress by talking with Elizabeth "Eli" Pollard, Executive Director of the WPC and Dr. Serge Przedborski, WPC President and co-chair of the Portland Congress.

    14 Patient Perspectives

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2016 32:24


    Special Guests: Pam Quinn and Sara Riggare In this podcast two leading Parkinson's advocates and educators offer a patient perspective on both research and clinical care. Pam Quinn is a former professional dancer who uses movement training to work with fellow Parkinson's patients around the world. Sara Riggare is an engineer and doctoral student at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm who focuses on using patient perspectives to improve overall care.

    13 What Causes Parkinson's?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2016 35:07


    Special Guest: Dr. Jeff Bronstein It's been nearly 200 years since James Parkinson first published his landmark essay about the disease that now bears his name. Yet we still don't fully understand its cause. This podcast reviews our changing understanding of what causes Parkinson's and how that may help us find a way to stop disease progression.

    12 Sleep and Parkinson's Disease

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2016 31:02


    Special Guest: Dr. Sam Frank That line from a poem by Theodore Roethke describes a common nemesis for Parkinson's patients: sleep. Yet disrupted sleep may also be an early warning sign of the disease. What can sleep tells us about the disease and what can we do to make sleeplessness less a burden for those living with PD?

    11 New Neurons for Old

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2016 27:10


    Special Guest: Dr. Roger Barker This podcast reviews the history of fetal tissue and stem cell transplants in Parkinson's disease and what the prospects are for those therapies going forward.

    10 Beyond motor symptoms

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2016 33:03


    Special Guest: Dr. K. Ray Chaudhuri This podcast focuses on the non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's and also explores why it has taken so long for researchers to focus on these challenges. To listen to more episodes of this podcast, visit our website: www.worldpdcoalition.org/?page=PortlandCountdown

    09 L-dopa... Waiting For the Next Act

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2016 25:40


    Special Guest: Dr. Angela Cenci Nilsson Why has it taken so long to improve L-dopa delivery so that Parkinson's patients can experience the drug's benefit in a more continuous fashion? A conversation about the latest prospects and the challenges of getting big Pharma to buy in. To listen to more episodes of this podcast, visit our website: www.worldpdcoalition.org/?page=PortlandCountdown

    08 Genetics and PD

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2016 23:18


    Special Guest: Dr. Christine Klein Will genetics helps us crack the Parkinson's code? A discussion of how inherited forms of Parkinson's are helping us better understand the underlying structure of the disease. To listen to more episodes of this podcast, visit our website: www.worldpdcoalition.org/?page=PortlandCountdown

    07 Parkinson's Plus Conditions

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2015 27:34


    Special Guest: Lawrence I. Golbe, MD In their early stages, conditions like Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Multiple System Atrophy and Corticobasal Degeneration closely resemble Parkinson's, but they are actually distinct disease. A discussion about what research into these rare conditions is telling us about what the prospects are for those who suffer from them. To listen to more episodes of this podcast, visit our website: www.worldpdcoalition.org/?page=PortlandCountdown

    06 Stopping Disease Progression: Growth factors

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2015 27:38


    Special Guest: Jeffrey Kordower, PhD Another once promising disease-modifying strategy involves using growth-factors to revive weakened dopamine neurons. But recent research suggests that at diagnosis the neural damage may be so advanced that there may not be many neurons left to rescue. To listen to more episodes of this podcast, visit our website: www.worldpdcoalition.org/?page=PortlandCountdown

    05 DBS: A Report from the Front Lines

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2015 26:48


    Special Guest: Andres Lozano, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FRSC, FCAHS To listen to more episodes of this podcast, visit our website: www.worldpdcoalition.org/?page=PortlandCountdown

    04 Losing our Minds: Cognition and PD

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2015 33:26


    Special Guest: Daniel Weintraub, MD To listen to more episodes of this podcast, visit our website: www.worldpdcoalition.org/?page=PortlandCountdown

    03 When in doubt: Exercise!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2015 36:42


    Special Guests: Helen Bronte-Stewart, MD, MS and Terry Ellis, PT, PhD Everyone tells patients to get plenty of exercise. Neurologists seem to be saying that the amount of exercise you get is as important as the pills you take. Why? What does the research tell us? And what exercise is best? To listen to more episodes of this podcast, visit our website: www.worldpdcoalition.org/?page=PortlandCountdown

    02 Stopping Disease Progression: Alpha Synuclein

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2015 29:53


    Special Guests: Patrik Brundin, MD, PhD and Kimberley Gannon, PhD Basic researchers are hard at work trying to understand the pathology of Parkinson's and discover new drug targets. One likely bad actor is a protein called alpha-synuclein. What do we know about how it kills brain cells and what might be done to stop it? To listen to more episodes of this podcast, visit our website: www.worldpdcoalition.org/?page=PortlandCountdown

    01 Parkinson's Disease Research: 200 Years and Counting

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2015 22:59


    In the first episode of the Portland Countdown, we chat with Dr. Andrew Lees about The history of what we know about Parkinson's disease beginning with James Parkinson's famous essay in 1817 on through the current state of Parkinson's disease research. To listen to more episodes of this podcast, visit our website: http://www.worldpdcoalition.org/?page=PortlandCountdown

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