Photo by Tripp Fay Photography.
Mary Schwab is a lifelong Coloradan who worked as an accountant and loves to explore Colorado’s scenic areas. She and her family lived in Arvada and owned a financial services business before eventually moving to Summit County.
On the weekends, Schwab and her husband would visit their second home in the Silverthorne area. Five years ago, the couple decided to make their go-to vacation spot their permanent residence.
It was around this time that Schwab was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. At first, she said she didn’t know her symptoms, which had started a couple of years prior, were something serious.
For me, it was a process. In fact, it still is. While I knew something about Parkinson’s disease, my real education began in 2012. That is when I began writing a column about a friend who died shortly after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s.
I recall searching for the correct spelling of the name of the disease and finding a page with the symptoms of Parkinson’s listed and swearing to myself as I identified with many of the symptoms.
Like most runners, when running and racing are not going well, I start looking for major body health failures to excuse poor performance.
Apr 24, 2021
Albert P. Dubois, 84, passed away April 20. Known to many friends as Lefty, Albert was born in Rhode Island on December 18, 1936. Albert was an Army veteran and a devoted husband for 52 years to his deceased wife, Barbara Dubois. Albert was a father to five children, Connie, Lynn, Robin, Kenny, and Mike; and had many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Albert had 10 siblings, Leo, Bruce, Ronald, Robert, Rose, Lillian, Dorris, Yvonne, Beatrice, and Anita. Albert leaves behind four living sisters and two living brothers.
Albert was a hard working man his whole life. He had a great passion for fishing and spent every moment on the Mohawk River catching perch. Every Friday was fish night for his family. On one occasion while living in upstate New York, Albert went fishing early in the morning and pond and river hopped all day to catch as many fish as he could. He wound up on the Canadian border having drove on the power lines instead of the roads and found himself in a
Jack Hook and Friends Living with PD
Springfield
We are Friends Living with Parkinson’s, a Springfield area peer support group for people with Parkinson’s disease and their care partners. Our purpose is to promote awareness of Parkinson’s disease and provide resources and support to those living with the disease and to their care partners.
An estimated one million people in the U.S. live with Parkinson’s disease, including an estimated 600 people in Sangamon county. Parkinson’s is the second-most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer’s and among the leading causes of death in our country. Symptoms vary, but can include tremors, cognitive impairment and difficulty with balance, swallowing, chewing and speaking. Most people are diagnosed with Parkinson s later in life, but ten percent or more experience symptoms before age 50. A recent survey found that nearly half of people with Parkinson’s noticed some negative change in their symptoms during the pandemic
Biotechs Aligning to Address Challenges for Developing Therapeutics for Billion Dollar Neurological Disorders Industry
PALM BEACH, Fla., April 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ There are more than 600 types of neuro-disorders affecting the brain, spine, or nerves. Although some prevalent disorders such as cerebral stroke, Alzheimer s disease, Parkinson s disease, brain tumors, and epilepsy, are well-studied, most neurological disorders are complicated and rare requiring further in-depth knowledge about the underlining pathophysiology. A report from Grand View Research recently said that the global neurological biomarkers market size was estimated at USD 5,564.8 million in 2018 and is expected to exhibit a CAGR of 14.5% during the forecast period. (2021-2028) Rising prevalence of neurological diseases and increasing emphasis on early diagnosis & treatment are expected to drive the market growth. Another report from Fortune Business Insight went even a little further saying that the global cent