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The Work of Roque Pizarro

The Work of Roque Pizarro

http://roquepizarro.blogspot.com/

Provides information, education, resource, contacts, and links relating to ALS and Caregivers

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  • Facts About Family Caregivers

    Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 14:26 in als, caregivers, family care, pizarro

    From the ALS website:The ALS Association is proud of its tradition of leadership in providing comprehensive programs and services for ALS caregivers. Along with those programs and with the assistance of the National Family Caregivers Association, our...

  • The Lou Gehrig Connection

    Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 14:18 in als, mda, pizarro, lou gehrig disease

    From the MDA's ALS Division:Some 80 years ago, a muscular kid from a working class neighborhood in New York dove into the choppy waters of the Hudson River and swam all the way across to New Jersey. As a reward, the foolhardy youngster got his ears b...

  • Project ALS

    Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 13:48 in research, als, pizarro, lou gehrig disease, project als

    The mission of Project A.L.S. is to recruit the world’s best research scientists and clinicians to work together toward an understanding of and the first effective treatments for ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig’s dis...

  • Links to ALS Answers and Contacts

    Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 13:36 in als, lou gehrig disease

    From the ALS Association of Greater New York ChapterJust what is ALS? Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a motor neuron disease, first described in 1869 by the noted French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot. Although the cause of ALS is not complet...

  • The Circle of Obstacles: When Your Spouse is Diagnosed with a Terminal Illness

    Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 09:20 in illness, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, diagnoses

    (c) By Roque PizarroWe live in an era that has produced medical advancements in cardiac surgery, orthopedic surgery and transplants of various organs. Medical advancement that have saved and prolonged lives has been unable to find either treatment or...

  • About Roque Pizarro

    Posted on Saturday October 31st, 2009 at 11:59 in job, vocation, social work, involvement

    Recently served as an Employees Assistance Counselor for 1199NBF/SEIU, one of the biggest international unions covering the health care industry. He is a retired Air Force Guard, and still serving in active duty, including the Air National Guards, a ...

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accappas

5 stars Alberto O. Cappas

I see that you added more information. Great blog! Very informative and educational for caregivers. I will be back for more information as well as recommend it to others!

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Pizarro

5 stars Roque Pizarro

Thanks for your compliment and viewing my blog

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drjalee52

5 stars Dr.James A. Lee

I love your information. Great content. Well done. Fine work on an important suject..

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