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18 Oct

Charco Neurotech’s Clinical Advisor, Dr David Galloway

October 18, 2020
By Gaby Richter
innovation, medtech, miketindall, Parkinsons
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At Charco Neurotech we have been fortunate enough to have the support of some bright minds. Dr David Galloway, a retired physician specialising in acute medicine and clinical pharmacology, is one of our clinical advisors. We caught up with him to discuss the science behind the CUE¹ device.

13 Oct

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Mike Tindall: My Dad and Parkinson’s

October 14, 2020
By Alex Dallman-Porter
innovation, medtech, miketindall, Parkinsons
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Mike Tindall, a former England Rugby captain and World Cup winner, has spent the last decade or so lending a huge amount of support to the Parkinson’s community after his dad was diagnosed 17 years ago. One of Mike’s aims is to share stories and coping methods to aid the Parkinson’s community, similar to what we try to do with these blog posts.

08 Oct

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The CEO perspective: Gary Shaughnessy, Chair of Parkinson’s UK

“How can we trust that we’ll succeed if our own CEO is shaking?” Whilst reading one person’s feedback from a presentation he had just delivered in the UK, Gary Shaughnessy, ex-CEO of EMEA of insurance company Zurich, and current Chair of Parkinson’s UK, came to comprehend what Parkinson’s really meant for him.

21 Sep

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Charco Neurotech-Stapp one user testing report

The second round of user testing has now been completed and we are very happy to announce that we have now published our report from our collaboration with Austrian insole sensor company Stapp one.

21 Sep

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Changing Parkinson’s medication packaging for good: It all started with a tweet

Speak to someone with Parkinson’s and they’ll be able to give you a long list of frustrations arising from where their symptoms have affected their everyday life.

06 Sep

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YOPD Parkinson’s – In the end, it was not The End

When Florencia Cerruti was 47 years old, she was at the peak of her career. She worked at the Presidency of the Republic in Uruguay, in the highest professional position that one can achieve, following her master’s degree in nutrition.

01 Sep

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His bespoke Parkinson’s- Mark’s story

Like many of the people we have had the great pleasure of speaking with, the delivery of Mark’s Parkinson’s diagnosis was blunt. His GP initially told him he was far too young to have Parkinson’s. He went on to see a specialist in what felt like a consultation lasting only a few minutes.

23 Aug

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Parkinson’s – A Mover and a Shaker

September 1, 2020
By Lucy Jung
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Our journey to a viable product began with a wonderful lady named Ruth and an invite to a Parkinson’s UK Peterborough branch coffee morning. It was at this coffee morning at the beginning of 2019 that we met a number of people with Parkinson’s who were to go on to give kindly and generously of their time and energy.

15 Aug

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Meditation And Nutrition: A Guide To Living Healthily With Parkinson’s

September 2, 2020
By Lucy Jung
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As most areas in the UK ease out of lockdown, and others enter into it again, finding a ‘new normal’ can be stressful and challenging, particularly for those with Parkinson’s. Following a ‘Life After Lockdown’ webinar with Parkinson’s Concierge,

06 Aug

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The Super Mr. Jimmy Choi

Most young kids will think of their parents as superheroes, but when Jimmy Choi’s daughter says so, it’s difficult not to agree with her. When we saw the man on the other end of the video call, in incredible shape with a kind smile and close cropped black hair, it certainly did bring to mind images of a slightly dyskinetic Superman

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Charco Neurotech’s Clinical Advisor, Dr David Galloway

Mike Tindall: My Dad and Parkinson’s

The CEO perspective: Gary Shaughnessy, Chair of Parkinson’s UK

Charco Neurotech-Stapp one user testing report

Changing Parkinson’s medication packaging for good: It all started with a tweet

YOPD Parkinson’s – In the end, it was not The End

His bespoke Parkinson’s- Mark’s story

Parkinson’s – A Mover and a Shaker

Meditation And Nutrition: A Guide To Living Healthily With Parkinson’s

The Super Mr. Jimmy Choi