A Chapter of the National Parkinson Foundation
Serving the Central and Northern Florida areas
World Parkinson Congress 2006...
The WPC was held in Washington DC
from 22-26 February and was attended by almost 3000 patients, carepartners and professionals. Click on the banner
above to go to the website and keep checking back here for more info.
Michael J. Fox gives a stirring welcome speech. "To all of
you who have made it your life’s work to search for a better way to treat Parkinson’s or make it stop altogether
— thank you for your dedication and your commitment.... In the end, this has to be about the patients. After all, isn’t
that why we’re here?" Click on his picture to read the entire text of the speech.
Mort Kondracke talks to patients, carepartners and professionals about the
importance of advocacy. Amy Comstock, PAN, also spoke about the need to redirect NIH funding to better support PD cure initiatives.
