Vancouver Coastal Health Research Insitute is one of Canada's top-funded health research institutes. Their researchers represent a multitude of health disciplines, research backgrounds and clinical occupations. Vancouver Coastal Health is currently recruiting healthy...
As of this December, Parkinson Society BC (PSBC) is now a charity option with Donate a Car Canada. Donate a Car Canada operates across the country, facilitating used or new vehicle donations, removal, recycling and junking. Perks include: free towing or pick-up...
Naturally Urban Pet Food Delivery is an East Vancouver based company that delivers dog and cat food to homes in Vancouver, Burnaby, North Vancouver and West Vancouver. As a socially and environmentally responsible business that strives to support the local economy,...
In the Winter 2017 issue of Viewpoints, research updates highlight several projects funded by Parkinson Society BC (PSBC). Dr. Kota Mizumoto is studying how brain circuits form using roundworms, while Dr. Christina Gros is exploring how mutations in the GBA1 gene...
The team behind Rock Steady Boxing New Westminster are looking to introduce the program to Abbotsford in early 2018. At the moment, they are booking consultations with people with Parkinson's who live in the Fraser Valley and would be interested in this...
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Hilary Vanderliek with PSBC Board Member, Richard Mayede. Photo credit: jjosue photography This fall, Parkinson Society BC (PSBC) member Hilary Vanderliek launched Thoughts R Life, an online boutique. Proceeds from apparel sales benefit PSBC's programs and services....
Parkinson Society British Columbia (PSBC) board member, Val Swannell, and PSBC staff coordinated our yearly Fall Online Auction which ran from November 1 - November 15, 2017. Our generous bidders helped raise $7,260, an amount that will greatly benefit the Society's...
My name is Dean Tweedle. My wife, Glenni, is my partner & soul mate (47 years now). I was diagnosed with PD on my 65 birthday, May 3, 2013. My symptoms were tremours in my right arm and leg. My Sinemet meds seem to have minimal effect. BUT my...
