Q: Professor Dressler, you have just completed a study on excessive stress triggering the onset of idiopathic cervical dystonia. What is the background? Dressler: Idiopathic cervical dystonia is by far the most common form of cervical dystonia. Idiopathic means that there is only cervical dystonia and that it occurs without any identifiable cause. Genetics appear…
Hello There – Meet Milagros López Morales from Spain
What is your name? My name is Milagros López Morales. I live with my husband and my two children in Madrid. I have dystonia for thirty years, which has not prevented me from achieving my goals. I have a degree in Fine Arts and in Information Sciences and I have worked for 25 years as…
30th Anniversary Deutsche Dystonie Gesellschaft
Saturday 26 August DDG Dystonia Dystonie Gesellschaft had a member meeting in Fulda at hotel Esperanto. This also marked 30 years of the organisation and in the evening there was a Anniversary Dinner. Dystonia Europe was invited and President Edwige Ponssel and Operations Manager Merete Avery attended. The meeting started 9.15 in the morning with…
Boston Scientific Foundation Europe Celebrating Five
Five years ago the Boston Scientific Foundation Europe (BSFE) was established and set up to champion the uprising of digital health by supporting innovative solutions that aim to improve people’s health and well-being. In those five years 20 projects have been funded from 16 non-profit organisations in Europe reaching more than 50 countries in the…
EPF Webinar on Medicine Shortages
The New EMA Mandate On 23 June European Patient Forum (EPF) held a webinar on shortages of medicinal products. Elena Balestra, Head of Membership, Governance and Capacity Building at the European Patients’ Forum, welcomed all attendees and opened the webinar. Claudia Louati, Head of Policy at the European Patients’ Forum held a brief introduction on…
