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Parkinson’s Disease: Resources

Have you watched Parkinson’s: Latest From the Experts and Parkinson’s: A Dose of Hope and still have questions about Parkinson’s disease? Check out the resources below for more information for clinicians, caregivers and patients. National Resources: UCSF Parkinson’s Disease Clinic and Research Center Telephone: (415) 476-9276 National Parkinson Foundation, Inc. Telephone: (305) 243-6666 Toll Free […]

Have you watched Parkinson’s: Latest From the Experts and Parkinson’s: A Dose of Hope and still have questions about Parkinson’s disease? Check out the resources below for more information for clinicians, caregivers and patients.

National Resources:

UCSF Parkinson’s Disease Clinic and Research Center
Telephone: (415) 476-9276

National Parkinson Foundation, Inc.
Telephone: (305) 243-6666
Toll Free Line: 1-800-327-4545
NPF Helpline: 1-800-4PD-INFO (1-800-473-4636)
Email: contact@parkinson.org

Michael J. Fox Foundation
Toll Free Line: 1-800-708-7644
Email: info@michaeljfox.org

National Family Caregivers Association
Telephone: (301) 942-6430
Toll Free Line: 1-800-896-3650
Email: info@thefamilycaregiver.org

Family Caregiver Alliance
Telephone: 1-800-445-8106
Email: info@caregiver.org


San Francisco Bay Area Resources:

SF Parkinson’s Disease and Caregiver’s Support Group
Telephone: (415) 379-5530

PD Active (Yoga for PD, Dance for PD, PD Salon, Support group, and others)
Telephone: (510) 479-6119
Email: info@pdactive.org

PDSF Network (Dance Classes for PD)
Telephone: (415) 285-7377
Email: PDSFNetwork@gmail.com

Parkinson’s Association of Northern California
Toll Free Line: 1-866-979-7262
Email: parkanc@sbcglobal.net


San Francisco Bay Area Referral Services:

UCSF Physical Therapy Health and Wellness Center
Telephone: (415) 514-4816
Email: wellness@ptrehab.ucsf.edu

UCSF Institute on Health & Aging
Telephone: (415) 476-3047

St. Mary’s Outpatient Therapies
Telephone: (415) 750-5900

UCSF Voice and Swallowing Center
Telephone: (415) 885–7700

UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
Telephone: (415) 353-7700
Email: ocim@ocim.ucsf.edu

Holiday Gifts to Enjoy

A new year will soon be upon us, as will some fascinating new programs for you to enjoy. I just finished prepping Tom Murphy’s presentation “Einstein, The Moon, and the Long-Lost Soviet Reflector,” about his on-going and ever-improving test of general relativity, which will start airing on January 26. If you’ve ever stumbled getting a grasp […]

A new year will soon be upon us, as will some fascinating new programs for you to enjoy. I just finished prepping Tom Murphy’s presentation “Einstein, The Moon, and the Long-Lost Soviet Reflector,” about his on-going and ever-improving test of general relativity, which will start airing on January 26. If you’ve ever stumbled getting a grasp of the prime tenets of Einsteinian – or the gravity of general relativity – Tom clears it all up and gives a captivating account of a truly remarkable project. I don’t want to give it all away, you’ll have to watch it.

And, of course, don’t miss the singular Ira Flatow as he explains why I like science so much — because, as he shows in his acceptance address for the Nierenberg Award, “Science is Sexy” (debuts January 12).

In the meantime, here are a few things I’ve run across that you might enjoy exploring– a few holiday gifts, if you will.

I recently came across an artist from UCSD who takes an interesting, evocative and different perspective of the seismic test capacities at UCSD. See her videos, recorded at UCSD’s SRMD test facility, at her website here – and don’t overlook her other fine work.

This is just a fun little app to play with, which actually is quite captivating and revealing. Go here.

And finally, on a more reflective note, the videos at Symphony of Science are inventive, sometimes goofy, but do resonate in a certain way.

Enjoy, and best wishes for your holidays.

Pre-Production in Budapest

A trip to Budapest to scout shooting locations.

A trip to Budapest to scout shooting locations.

Statue of Franz Liszt on Liszt ter in Budapest.

On the trail of Franz Liszt with Lorant Leel-Ossy.

Cecil Lytle, Betty McManus, and Dr. Zsusanna Domokos (Dir. of Franz Liszt Museum in Budapest) in library of Franz Liszt apartment in Budapest.

Sherman George lining up camera angles and lighting on Cecil Lytle in the Liszt Library.

Cecil Lytle trying out Liszt’s practice pianino.

Lytle and Domokos studying an original Liszt score.

The Liszt apartment at the Franz Liszt Museum in Budapest.

Lytle and Domokos in front of Liszt’s Bosendorfer

Preparing for concert on Liszt’s Bosendorfer.

Ah, the feel of history!

Lytle and Domokos discussing Liszt’s lifestyle.

Sherman George taking a break to goof off.

They’re Building Them Better at UCSD!

Watch the latest Building It Better, debuting September 29, as UCSD-TV covers a comprehensive test of metal buildings conducted at UCSD’s Englekirk Structural Engineering Center, home of the largest outdoor shake table in North America. You will see some of the most extreme shaking ever shown as three different lightweight metal buildings are subjected to incredible […]

Watch the latest Building It Better, debuting September 29, as UCSD-TV covers a comprehensive test of metal buildings conducted at UCSD’s Englekirk Structural Engineering Center, home of the largest outdoor shake table in North America. You will see some of the most extreme shaking ever shown as three different lightweight metal buildings are subjected to incredible — perhaps even naturally impossible — seismic loads.

Full-scale metal building test specimens like this one were subjected to some serious shaking

Then in October,  take a look at how a pioneering wind energy provider, Escondido, California-based Oak Creek Energy Systems, is looking to the future of wind power by collaborating with UCSD professors and students at the Englekirk Center to gather seismic performance data on wind turbine structures in order to advance the next generation of wind turbines. We recently visited Tehachapi Pass, the richest wind energy field in California, to see the future of renewable energy resources evolving right before our eyes. And you’ll get to see it too, along with the most powerful (and humongous!) wind turbines in production – and learn how they are just the tiny siblings of what the future has in store for wind energy.

The future of wind energy will be even bigger and taller than these, already 280 feet high at the turbine

Get Your Move on Tip – Good for the Sole

TCOYD’s resident fitness expert Larry Verity has a tip to keep your diabetes in check and your body fit.
Invest in a good pair of exercise shoes! The support and comfort of a well-made shoe is crucial for persons to enjoy weight-bearing activity


TCOYD’s resident fitness expert Larry Verity has a tip to keep your diabetes in check and your body fit.

Invest in a good pair of exercise shoes! The support and comfort of a well-made shoe is crucial for persons to enjoy weight-bearing activity