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Encore: We Get the Latest on Efforts to Help People with Parkinson's Disease

WGCU | By Julie Glenn,

Published May 29, 2019 at 12:00 PM EDT

Parkinson’s disease is a neurological disorder marked by systems such as tremors, stiffness and slow muscle movement.According toparkinsons.org, 60,000 Americans are diagnosed with the neurological disorder each year. In this encore episode, we explore the world of Parkinson's treatment with a panel of guests:Dr. Ramon A. Gil is a neurologist at theParkinson’s Treatment Center of Southwest Florida;Michaeland Gretchen Church are a couple who both have Parkinson’s;Mary Spremulliis a medical speech-language pathologist fromVoice Aerobics Speech Language Therapy; Michelle Martin is the coordinator of theHope Parkinson Program; and Carissa Campanella is a care advisor from theNeurochallenge Foundation.

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Julie Glenn

Julie Glenn is the host of Gulf Coast Live. She has been working in southwest Florida as a freelance writer since 2007, most recently as a regular columnist for the Naples Daily News. She began her broadcasting career in 1993 as a reporter/anchor/producer for a local CBS affiliate in Quincy, Illinois. After also working for the NBC affiliate, she decided to move to Parma, Italy where she earned her Master’s degree in communication from the University of Gastronomic Sciences. Her undergraduate degree in Mass Communication is from the University of Missouri at Kansas City.

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Mike Kiniry

Mike Kiniry is producer of Gulf Coast Live, and co-creator and host of the WGCU podcast Three Song Stories: Biography Through Music. He first joined the WGCU team in the summer of 2003 as an intern while studying Communication at Florida Gulf Coast University.

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