Parkinson’s and brain diseases – Just How Does Your Brain Work?

Every April, the Kingdor Parkinson’s Foundation, a local non-profit organization headed by President, Mavis Darling-Hill, engages with the global Parkinson’s community to support Parkinson’s Awareness Month. Their aim is to raise awareness about Parkinson’s disease, a neurodegenerative condition that affects the brain, resulting in a progressive loss of coordination and movement problems. ...

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The Return Of The Parkinson's Ball

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - The Kingdor National Parkinson Foundation ball is returning on June 24th at the Atlantis ballroom, for the first time since the pandemic.

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Cleveland Clinic - The Best Diet for Parkinson’s Disease

If you have Parkinson’s disease (PD), you may be overwhelmed by diet advice. Some sources may tell you to eat certain foods and avoid others. Some may even claim that specific foods are miracle cures for your symptoms. How do you know what to believe?

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Cleveland Clinic Florida teams up with Kingdor Parkinson Foundation and local neurologist to talk about Parkinson’s disease

To help raise awareness in The Bahamas about Parkinson’s disease, a leading neurologist from Cleveland Clinic, Florida, Dr Nestor Galvez-Jimenez, recently teamed up with the Kingdor Parkinson Foundation and local neurologist, Dr Edwin Demeritte, in a Zoom interview to talk about life with the disease.

With hundreds of Bahamians suffering from Parkinson’s disease, Dr. Nestor Galvez-Jimenez, ...

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Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease helps patients regain control

An increasing number of Bahamians are being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease -- the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's. "We are seeing more people presenting with it. Some of that is due to awareness on the part of family members, 'Internet doctors' searching symptoms [...]
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Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson?s Disease Helps Patients Regain Control

An increasing number of Bahamians are being diagnosed with Parkinson?s ? the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer?s.

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"BTC Partners with The Kingdor Parkinson's Foundation"

BTC today announced its partnership with the Kingdor Parkinson?s Foundation. On April 29th, the Foundation will host its annual ball geared towards raising funds for the awareness of Parkinson?s disease (PD)...

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RBC sponsors Kingdor National Parkinson's Foundation ball

Many people living with Parkinson's disease will benefit from donations to support a cure as a result of RBC's annual sponsorship of the Kingdor National Parkinson Foundation. Since its inception more than five years ago, RBC has continued to support the foundation through sponsorship of its annual ball.
This year the foundation's theme, "Parkinson: The Gift of Sharing" developed with the objectiv...

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Parkinson-like symptoms in welders worsen with more manganese exposure

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Parkinson's disease awareness

Most people would love to live to be a ripe old age -- and with the advancements in life-saving technology and medicine such a wish can easily become a reality.

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