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#ALS AWARENESS #LouGehrigsDisease #PARKINSONS

Raising ALS | Lou Gehrigs Disease & Parkinsons Disease AWARENESS to the NEXT LEVEL!
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January 12, 2013 8:06 AM
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Promising Saliva Gland Test For Detecting Parkinson\'s

Promising Saliva Gland Test For Detecting Parkinson\'s | #ALS AWARENESS #LouGehrigsDisease #PARKINSONS | Scoop.it
From www.medicalnewstoday.com - January 12, 2013 8:06 AM
Certain parts of a person\'s saliva gland have been tested as a way to diagnose Parkinson\'s disease, leading the way for an accurate way to identify the disease in living patients.
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January 11, 2013 4:05 PM
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Reebok and mc10 team up to build CheckLight, a head impact indicator (hands-on)

Reebok and mc10 team up to build CheckLight, a head impact indicator (hands-on) | #ALS AWARENESS #LouGehrigsDisease #PARKINSONS | Scoop.it
From www.engadget.com - January 11, 2013 4:05 PM
Concussions have always been a concern for those who play contact sports. However, there\'s been a renewed focus in recent years by the sports community
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January 5, 2013 5:35 PM
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Portland Tribune and Community Newspapers - NOTES COLUMN: Mike Lopez Jr. dies; Winterhawks request WHL appeal; local sports talk show's short run ends, and more

Portland Tribune and Community Newspapers - NOTES COLUMN: Mike Lopez Jr. dies; Winterhawks request WHL appeal; local sports talk show's short run ends, and more | #ALS AWARENESS #LouGehrigsDisease #PARKINSONS | Scoop.it
From portlandtribune.com - January 5, 2013 5:35 PM
NOTES COLUMN: Mike Lopez Jr. dies; Winterhawks request WHL appeal; local sports talk show's short run ends, and more, Local Sports, Portland local Sports, Breaking Sports alerts for Portland city.
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January 4, 2013 3:14 PM
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David Anderson UPDATE| ALS patient uses his eyes to DJ New Year's Eve

David Anderson UPDATE| ALS patient uses his eyes to DJ New Year's Eve | #ALS AWARENESS #LouGehrigsDisease #PARKINSONS | Scoop.it
From www.kare11.com - January 4, 2013 3:14 PM
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January 2, 2013 4:10 AM
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A New Year Upon Us!

A New Year Upon Us! | #ALS AWARENESS #LouGehrigsDisease #PARKINSONS | Scoop.it
From www.teamcureals.com - January 2, 2013 4:10 AM

*Happy 2013 Friends & Family!*

A New Year is Upon Us!

T.E.A.M. Cure ALS would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere gratitude to YOU ALL.

This past year YOU all helped us continue our Mission & efforts in Staying Committed to a CURE as well as helping us RAISE ALS AWARENESS, ASSIST ALS PATIENTS & Families & Donate to ALS RESEARCH. Your Support, BIG, SMALL or via Social Network helped us MAKE IT HAPPEN….LET’S DO IT AGAIN IN 2013!

We are extremely blessed to have many wonderful volunteers and donors that help make all our events a GREAT SUCCESS. Without you we could not continue to do what we do. “Thank You” never seems to be enough so please know that we feel extremely blessed and honored to have all of you work & donate your time to T.E.AM. Cure ALS Foundation.

May we continue to work as a T.E.A.M. in 2013 and HELP FIND A CURE FOR ALS! Go TEAM Go!

[T.E.A.M.~ Together Everyone Accomplishes More!]
www.TeamCureALS.com
www.TeamCureALSfundraiser.com

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December 29, 2012 2:16 PM
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Often Awesome The Series - An ALS Love Story: Episode 36 (click on link & it will take you to video)

From www.youtube.com - December 29, 2012 2:16 PM
Episode 36: Passing the Torch - Often Awesome becomes a nonprofit organization and continues raising ALS awareness and Steve Gleason takes the torch from Tim...

 

[T.E.A.M.-Together Everyone Accomplishes More!]

*TEAM Cure ALS Foundation-Stay Committed to a CURE!

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December 27, 2012 10:16 PM
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Steve Saling & the ALS Residence on Chronicle TV (click on link & it will take you to video)

From vimeo.com - December 27, 2012 10:16 PM
December 12, 2012 (12/12/12) The ALS Residence gets local news coverage on Chronicle, the most popular Boston newsmagazine. For more information, please visit www.ALSRI.org.
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December 27, 2012 1:10 PM
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Penn State's Steve Smith still amazes from his hospital bed

Penn State's Steve Smith still amazes from his hospital bed | #ALS AWARENESS #LouGehrigsDisease #PARKINSONS | Scoop.it
From m.ydr.inyork.com - December 27, 2012 1:10 PM

After 10 of the most heart-sinking and yet inspiring years, Steve Smith continues to amaze from the hospital bed in his living room.

The man who cannot eat still watches cooking shows endlessly on TV -- in hopes of learning the things he will create one day.

The man who cannot talk still jokes with his wife and scolds his kids -- by using his eyes to control a computer's voice-activated system.

And though he cannot walk -- cannot truly............

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December 18, 2012 4:51 PM
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Public/Private Partnerships Can Accelerate Parkinson's Research: PAN Co-Hosts Briefing on Capitol Hill | Parkinson's Action Network

Public/Private Partnerships Can Accelerate Parkinson's Research: PAN Co-Hosts Briefing on Capitol Hill | Parkinson's Action Network | #ALS AWARENESS #LouGehrigsDisease #PARKINSONS | Scoop.it
From www.parkinsonsaction.org - December 18, 2012 4:51 PM
At the briefing, panelists discussed the innovative collaboration between Vanderbilt University, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF), and Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) to develop a promising new treatment for Parkinson’s disease. Representatives from each organization discussed how their arrangement could become a model for future public/private partnerships to develop new treatments and cures for diseases like Parkinson’s.
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December 17, 2012 9:11 PM
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Medicare to Cover More Home Care

Medicare to Cover More Home Care | #ALS AWARENESS #LouGehrigsDisease #PARKINSONS | Scoop.it
From online.wsj.com - December 17, 2012 9:11 PM
Under a legal settlement, Medicare must end a long-standing practice of denying coverage for skilled-nursing services and physical, speech and occupational therapy to patients whose conditions are unlikely to improve.
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December 17, 2012 5:08 PM
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Genetic manipulation of urate alters neurodegeneration in mouse model of Parkinson's disease

Genetic manipulation of urate alters neurodegeneration in mouse model of Parkinson's disease | #ALS AWARENESS #LouGehrigsDisease #PARKINSONS | Scoop.it
From www.eurekalert.org - December 17, 2012 5:08 PM
Massachusetts General Hospital investigators report that mice with a genetic mutation increasing urate levels were protected against the kind of neurodegeneration that underlies Parkinson's disease, while the damage was worse in animals with...
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December 15, 2012 9:18 AM
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Petition to HM government to increase funding in the search for a cure for motor neuron disease. - e-petitions

Petition to HM government to increase funding in the search for a cure for motor neuron disease. - e-petitions | #ALS AWARENESS #LouGehrigsDisease #PARKINSONS | Scoop.it
From epetitions.direct.gov.uk - December 15, 2012 9:18 AM
Every day in the UK five people die from motor neuron disease, it is a terrible illness that relentlessly lays waste to the motor neurons that relay signals from the brain to a persons muscles. Movement and speech , breathing and eating become.........
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December 11, 2012 8:58 PM
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* Team Cure ALS Foundation * Believe.Courage.Cure.ALS

* Team Cure ALS Foundation * Believe.Courage.Cure.ALS | #ALS AWARENESS #LouGehrigsDisease #PARKINSONS | Scoop.it
From www.teamcureals.com - December 11, 2012 8:58 PM
Michael Lopez, founder of Team Cure ALS. Fundraisers for ALS nationally and in Oregon.
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Believe.Courage.Cure.ALS

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January 10, 2013 6:22 AM
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Memorial service for local star football player planned

Memorial service for local star football player planned | #ALS AWARENESS #LouGehrigsDisease #PARKINSONS | Scoop.it
From www.katu.com - January 10, 2013 6:22 AM
Mike Lopez Jr., 49, was an All-Pac-10 defensive back. He spent most of his last days confined to his bed and used a respirator to breath.
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January 7, 2013 11:11 AM
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Heart Of The Ravens| O.J. Brigance Inspires

From espn.go.com - January 7, 2013 11:11 AM
ESPN Video: Former Ravens LB O.J. Brigance inspires the Baltimore Ravens and shows strength every day as he battles ALS while continuing to work in the front office.
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January 4, 2013 1:14 PM
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Aloha All American Michael Lopez Passes As Thomas Tyner Takes Center Stage

Aloha All American Michael Lopez Passes As Thomas Tyner Takes Center Stage | #ALS AWARENESS #LouGehrigsDisease #PARKINSONS | Scoop.it
From www.northwestprepreport.com - January 4, 2013 1:14 PM
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January 4, 2013 12:27 PM
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Biogen Idec Reports Top-Line Results from Phase 3 Trial Investigating Dexpramipexole in People with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

Biogen Idec Reports Top-Line Results from Phase 3 Trial Investigating Dexpramipexole in People with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) | #ALS AWARENESS #LouGehrigsDisease #PARKINSONS | Scoop.it
From www.biogenidec.com - January 4, 2013 12:27 PM
PRESS RELEASES

 

Today Biogen Idec reported top-line results of EMPOWER, a Phase 3 trial investigating dexpramipexole in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The trial did not meet its primary endpoint, a joint rank analysis of function and survival, and no efficacy was seen in the individual components of function or survival. The trial also failed to show efficacy in its key secondary

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January 1, 2013 12:43 PM
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ALS/MND 2012: Trials Tribulations

ALS/MND 2012: Trials Tribulations | #ALS AWARENESS #LouGehrigsDisease #PARKINSONS | Scoop.it
From blogs.als.net - January 1, 2013 12:43 PM
Emerging ALS medicines show promise. But key challenges remain to bring them forward to the ALS clinic according to new studies unveiled at ALS MND Chicago.
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December 29, 2012 1:37 PM
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Laughter is the best medicine: Local author with Parkinson's disease turns blog into a book

Laughter is the best medicine: Local author with Parkinson's disease turns blog into a book | #ALS AWARENESS #LouGehrigsDisease #PARKINSONS | Scoop.it
From www.yumasun.com - December 29, 2012 1:37 PM
Life: Laughter is the best medicine, parkinson, ribaudo, book, one, brain, stories, disease, people, funny, blog
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December 27, 2012 7:17 PM
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Stop FDA over reach into regulating our own stem cells. | We the People: Your Voice in Our Government

Stop FDA over reach into regulating our own stem cells. | We the People: Your Voice in Our Government | #ALS AWARENESS #LouGehrigsDisease #PARKINSONS | Scoop.it
From petitions.whitehouse.gov - December 27, 2012 7:17 PM

Every human being has stem cells inside their own body. These stem cells heal damaged tissue but are rare. Doctors can take a few of your own stem cells and grow their numbers in the lab then give them back to you to help you heal if you need it.

People with diseases like multiple sclerosis, arthritis, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's etc can use these cells to repair the damage the disease caused.

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December 23, 2012 8:46 PM
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Sandy Hook Family Requests Help For ALS Charity

Sandy Hook Family Requests Help For ALS Charity | #ALS AWARENESS #LouGehrigsDisease #PARKINSONS | Scoop.it
From 5newsonline.com - December 23, 2012 8:46 PM
Fayetteville’s David Lewis said his family requests that any contribution in his grandson Jesse’s memory be made to an ALS Charity.
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December 18, 2012 4:39 PM
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Silent stroke may be one of the causes of Parkinson’s disease, researchers say

Silent stroke may be one of the causes of Parkinson’s disease, researchers say | #ALS AWARENESS #LouGehrigsDisease #PARKINSONS | Scoop.it
From www.doctortipster.com - December 18, 2012 4:39 PM
In a study published in the journal “Brain Behavior and Immunity”, researchers at The University of Manchester showed for the first time why a seemingly healthy patient may develop Parkinson’s disease. According to new findings, a silent stroke may

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December 17, 2012 5:32 PM
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Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics Inc : BrainStorm and Octane to Develop Revolutionary Bioreactor-Based NurOwn Stem Cells Production Process

Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics Inc : BrainStorm and Octane to Develop Revolutionary Bioreactor-Based NurOwn Stem Cells Production Process | #ALS AWARENESS #LouGehrigsDisease #PARKINSONS | Scoop.it
From www.4-traders.com - December 17, 2012 5:32 PM
BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics , a leading developer of
adult stem cell technologies for neurodegenerative diseases, announced
today that it has signed an agreement with Octane.

BrainStorm is currently conducting a Phase I/II clinical trial in ALS patients at the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem and is planning to expand its clinical development in the USA, pending FDA approval. Towards that goal, the Company has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Massachusetts Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital to begin ALS human clinical trials at these institutions.
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December 17, 2012 3:21 PM
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Local Family Inspires ALS Fundraiser, Flying for a Cure

Local Family Inspires ALS Fundraiser, Flying for a Cure | #ALS AWARENESS #LouGehrigsDisease #PARKINSONS | Scoop.it
From lajolla.patch.com - December 17, 2012 3:20 PM
La Jolla resident Ashley Constans is working to raise funds for medical research of ALS, to benefit the 35,000 families affected nationwide, including her own.
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December 14, 2012 8:07 AM
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Dr. Tedone corrects "Misconseption" Deanna Protocol is a "Cure" for ALS......

Dr. Tedone corrects "Misconseption" Deanna Protocol is a "Cure" for ALS...... | #ALS AWARENESS #LouGehrigsDisease #PARKINSONS | Scoop.it
From www.inquisitr.com - December 14, 2012 8:07 AM
UPDATE: Dr. Tedone emailed The Inquisitr and wished to correct the misconception that the Deanna Protocol is a “cure” for ALS. He says the Deanna Protocol is “not a cure but it does slow down if not stop the disease progression. My desire is to get this information out to ALS patients sooner rather than later.” Dr. Tedone was nice enough to agree to an interview, so check back soon.
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