Ending Parkinson's Disease: A Prescription for Action

This book has me literally Shaken up! It's like l have been given the "Red pill" and have been awaken to the truth.This Book is a fantastic, history, Orgin, insights and call to action for the fight to beat, overcome, and finally end Parkinson's Disease. This book has activated the Superpowers within me, and should within all of us to take action and do our part in the battle to end Parkinson's Disease thus saving a part of humanity and thus saving ourselves.If we can have a COVID19 vaccine within a year! If we can Eradicate(Completely destroy) smallpox, polio, and other devastating diseases we can add Parkinson's to the list.The Book - Ending Parkinson's Disease A Prescription for Action.By Ray Dorsey, MD, Todd Sherer PhD, Mica Okun, MD, Bastian R. Bloemfontein, MD, PhD1817 Dr. James Parkinson published "An Essay on the Shaking Palsy". Fifteen years later Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot a famous French Neurologist called the disease Parkinson's disease.Parkinson's disease comes from environmental exposures.Pesticides and Chemicals that are linked to the cause of Parkinson's disease.1. Paraquat - a weed killer,  pesticide,2. Maneb - a pesticide.3. Trichloroethylene TCE - used as a cleaning solution for rocket engines to cleaning carpets, to degreasing metal,  to being used as a spot cleaning agent in dry cleaning.4. Perchoroethylene PCE - A solvent used by dry cleaners.5. Chlorpyrifos - a nerve toxin, that is the most widely used insecticide in the country.  This pesticide is also use on broccoli, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, cranberry, soybeans,  almonds, cotton, grapes, oranges, walnuts, alfalfa, Washington State apples, and on golf courses,  lawns, utility Poles, wood fences.Our assignment - is to form a PACT to end Parkinson's disease.P-Prevent the disease in the first place.A-Advocate for resources and policies.C-Care for Everyone affected.T-Treat the condition with new and more effective therapies.We need all pesticides linked to Parkinson's disease banned: the strongest of which is Paraquat. Also Maneb.We can no longer remain ignorant, we must fight the use of these pesticides that contributes to diseases such as parkinson's, autism,  lung disease and various cancers.Just as these environmental contaminates can worsen our health and cause diseases including Parkinson's disease.  Cleaning up the contaminates can have the reverse effect,  preventing diseases and improving all of our lives. Let's get ready to fight!!!

By Gil ThelenAs a health and medical writer, I considered two books to be towering achievements in my lifetime. A third has joined them: “Ending Parkinson’s Disease: A Prescription For Action.”“The Emperor All Maladies: A Biography Of Cancer” by Siddartha Mukherjee set the standard for depth of research and magnificent storytelling. Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring” was an unmatched call to action about the dangers of pesticides, which spurred the Environmental Movement.“Ending Parkinson’s Disease” is a comprehensive and highly readable account of what’s known-- and suspected--about this astonishingly complex, relentless and mystifying neurological condition. The odds of a person developing Parkinson’s disease over a lifetime are 1 in 15. It is the fastest growing neurodegenerative disease and is overtaking Alzheimer’s for the top spot.That stunning growth curve foreshadows bankruptcy for many health-care systems, said Dr. Michael S. Okun, Executive Director of the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at UF Health, one of the book’s four authors, all PD experts. Dr. Ray Dorsey drove the project. He is joined by Drs. Todd Sherer and Bastiaan R. Bloem.That bleak future can be brightened if the Parkinson’s community organizes and forces changes like those in successful campaigns against polio, HIV and breast cancer. \The book’s “Prescription for Action” is this: “We must form a PACT to end Parkinson’s. This PACT will Prevent the disease, Advocate for policies and resources, Care for all affected and Treat the condition with new and more effective therapies.”“Ending Parkinson’s Disease” (Public Affairs, Hachette, 2020) is a stunning and important work deserving urgent attention from Parkinson’s fighters, their families and health-care policymakers.Gil Thelen, retired President and Publisher of The Tampa Tribune, is a medically trained journalist. He was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2014. He is author (with wife Struby Thelen) of “Counterpunch: Duking It Out With Parkinson’s.”

Most of us have a family member or friend with Parkinson’s disease. If so, you are no doubt aware it is a chronic neurological disorder with limited treatment, no cure and a significant burden for the person afflicted and those around them. In this book the authors have alerted us to its enormous societal costs and increasing frequency. The message could be depressing, but in fact the author’s present an uplifting message of hope for a preventive strategy that could possibly turn the tide of the tsunami of cases they predict is coming. And they do it in a very readable, engaging manner with stories about the clues to its cause that start with the Spanish flu epidemic 100 years ago, mistakes by addicts, and epidemiological studies that when linked together suggest a possible cause. They believe that Parkinson’s disease is a disorder created by modern society and our decisions about polluting our environment with pesticides. The linkage is an intriguing idea that will require more study. However, irrespective of the final outcome, we have clearly polluted our environment and should improve our stewardship of it. This book is uplifting because it provides a roadmap for actions that society can take and a rationale for doing so in a readable and enjoyable dialogue that ends with hope and actions we can all take.Gary Myers, MD (Neurologist)

Gave to my husband because of his illness.

Serve a capire la malattia ed è pieno di indirizzi utili negli USA.Comunque si dovrebbe leggere e seguire i video degli autori perché sono autorevoli e bravi

The authors brilliantly managed to summarize in this book achievable measures and actions governmental and non-governmental organizations, as well as the community in general, should undertake in order to change the worrisome landscape of Parkinson's disease, and perhaps control/descrease the incidence, or even end this devastating neurodegenerative disorder in the near future.

One thing that this book is that you can get a direction in the call to action although very USA basedPD is a global issue for the boomer generation and getting worsethere is a lot of useful information

Súper recomendado tengo la fortuna de conocer al Dr Ray Dorsey excelente Doctor y me siento muy orgullosa que mi hijo haya participado en este libro ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ super recommended I am fortunate to meet Dr Ray Dorsey excellent doctor and I am very proud that my son participated in this book⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️