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, PhD 1817 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 Thelen As 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.”

This is a must-read for everyone, for sure—especially politicians and college students who want to be doctors, researchers, or politicians. I want to say that these authors are right on everything they are doing--the only possible solution is to press on the government so that they ban these toxic chemicals AND, to ensure this is also done all over the world. We all share this planet, let's protect it. Amazing the stuff we deal with that is actually killing us---but, just as the current issue with the ICE versus EVs---in which, it is a no-brainer to see that ICE cars are indeed killing us (literally) and our environment, but somehow, companies are still building and selling them. Need to stop! I really like the numbers presentation and the fact that we are not investing more, either money or time trying to get to the root cause and prevent PD, not just treat it. I already tried one of the PD Apps--will see that my wife uses it so that she can track her symptoms and how mediation is helping or not. Very good job on explaining where we are--thank you Drs. Anyhow--you all need to read this book too. Go get it, read it, and let us have your two cents about its content.

One that needs to be read by a lot more people. Kind of a history of Parkinson's .…you'll learn a lot about it. I didn't know that it's really not an "old" problem, and it's getting worse, more common. Quite a bit of treatment discussion. I can believe that exposure to chemicals is a major cause, but I'd never seen that in print before, it's here. I recognized some of the medication names, and learned more about them. Big section of "Call to action" stuff, lots of footnotes and acknowledgements. Worth having if you or someone you know has Parkinson's.

This book provides detailed history, current evidence and solution to help and end Parkinson’s disease. They emphasize the importance of environmental factor and how the public should react.

I am a 72 year old retired internist diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease 2 1/2 years ago. My reading of typical medical literature was depressing because it focused mostly on medications that did not influence disease progression. I found that my exercise program more positively influenced my clinical status and brightened my outlook. Group PT also provided a supportive community that encouraged me to be more active. Ending Parkinson’s captured this approach in a well written, well researched book written by knowledgeable practical neurologists that incorporate a thorough dicussion of the etiology of the disease at the beginning and 25 things one can do at the end of the book. It also incorporates physical therapy and exercise as an integral partner in the therapeutic approach. This is the discussion and information I have been waiting for. I recommend this book for concerned patients and care givers interested in a practical approach to confronting a complex often scary coNdition. Of note, the authors are donating proceeds of the book to Parkinson’s research and are offering webinars in April to share their expertise with the public and allow patients to ask questions oF these caring, most dedicated experts.

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This is a absolute must read, whether or not you have or know someone with Parkinson’s. Dr. Dorsey and his co-authors make a clear and convincing case that we have another pandemic coming around the corner - one that is entirely preventable - and that the time for action is NOW. The book sets the stage is by telling the story of Parkinson’s Disease, which first reared its head in London during the height of the Industrial Revolution, and identifies the causes of most instances of Parkinson’s DIsease. The authors, which are four world renowned Parkinson’s Disease researches, use real life stories of people currently impacted by Parkinson’s, describing the personal, family and economic devastation Parkinson’s leaves in its wake. The book makes a clear, convincing and compelling case that as a society we must take action to eliminate certain pesticides, solvents and minimize head trauma to reduce and end Parkinson’s DIsease. The authors identify a practical plan that can and must be implemented if we want to end Parkinson’s Disease. If you feel helpless watching while the world struggles with COVID-19, this book will inspire you to take an active role in ending the fast approaching neurological pandemic that is Parkinson’s Disease.