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Two special Tourette Syndrome events this week

The Tourette Syndrome Association (TSA) is sponsoring a special informational session Thursday night August 16th here at the Center for Movement Disorders & Neurorestoration. Dr. Irene Malaty will speak about the syndrome. How to start a TSA support group in Gainesville will also be discussed. If you wish to attend,…

10th Annual Parkinson Disease Symposium coming April 14th, 2012

We are excited to announce that our 10th Annual Parkinson’s Disease Symposium is less than one month away and this year will be a little bit different. The Symposium will be on April 14th starting at 9am and will be held at the Alachua County Senior Center. For the first…

National Parkinson Foundation site gets a reboot

Congratulations to our friends at the NPF! Last month they completely redesigned their website and it seems much easier to find what you are interested in. Please go have a look and let them know what you think!…

UF’s 8th Annual Parkinson Disease Symposium – April 24, 2010

The date and location have been finalized. Our 8th Annual PD Symposium will be April 24, 2010 at Abiding Savior Lutheran Church’s Fellowship Hall, located at 9700 West Newberry Road here in Gainesville, FL. This is just west of SW 91st Street on Newberry Road. Google map: View Larger…

Movement Disorders Society provides new PD patient education talks

The Movement Disorders Society typically focuses on educating clinicians on these disorders. This year, however, they are branching out with their first patient education symposium and it was captured on video. The symposium was held at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center on October 2009 but is now available as a…

Introducing the first Dystonia Educational Day Center at the UFMDC

The Tyler’s Hope Center for Comprehensive Dystonia Care is pleased to introduce the first Dystonia Educational Day Center which will be held on Friday, November 13th.  The program will run from 8:30am – 3:00pm and will include invited guest speakers from our interdisciplinary team including psychiatry, physical therapy, communication…

Dystonia Awareness Day on Twitter

The Dystonia Medical Research Foundation (DMRF) has a Twitter account and they put out the call for dystonia sufferers and anyone else to tweet about dystonia on one particular day, July 22nd. Twitter is a messaging system limited to 140 characters that a lot of individuals are using, mostly as…