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Clinical Trials Round Up: January 2019
by Mini Gill
Pacific Neuroscience Institute opens up two new clinical trials this month, one in Essential Tremor and one in Glioblastoma. Find out more about these new trials as well as the other available open neurological studies.
Clinical Trials Round Up: December 2018
by Mini Gill
Find out about the latest clinical trials at Pacific Neuroscience Institute for brain tumor, stroke, movement disorders, and other neurological areas. Call our center at 310-829-8265 to enroll.
How to Deal With Aggression and Dementia
by Guest Author
Aggression is one of the worst parts of caring for a parent or senior loved one with dementia, but you’re not powerless. Having a number of strategies on hand to deploy whenever you need them gives you the means to handle a loved one’s aggression any time it rears its head.
Learn more about how to cope with aggression and dementia.
Caregiver Chronicles: Caregiver Advocates for the Best Possible Care for Her Mother’s Glioblastoma
by Guest Author
A motivated family caregiver advocates for the best possible care for her mother’s glioblastoma. Read about how this family navigated treatment and clinical trials for better outcomes.
Clinical Trials Round Up: October 2018
by Mini Gill
Find out about the latest clinical trials at Pacific Neuroscience Institute for brain tumor, stroke and other neurological areas. Call our center at 310-829-8265 to enroll.
Caregiver Chronicles: Heroic Narratives and Subplots
by Marlon Saria
Read Dr. Marlon Saria's article about the emotional toll of caregiving and his remembrance of Sen. John McCain who died from glioblastoma, a lethal brain cancer.
Caregiver Chronicles: Work From Home, No Experience Necessary
by Marlon Saria
In family caregiving, no amount of prior experience prepares you for the role. Sometimes, referred to as informal caregiving, there is nothing informal in what needs and is expected to be done. Learn more about resources and strategies in the first of this new blog series.
Clinical Trials Roundup – New Study Currently Enrolling: March 2018
by Marlon Saria
Pacific Neuroscience Institute is pleased to announce a new clinical trial for traumatic brain injury patients who have been suffering from chronic motor deficits for more than a year. This study is currently enrolling patients. Clinical trials help bring much needed treatments and therapies to market. Find out more about PNI trials for treatment of primary brain tumors such as glioblastoma, metastatic brain tumors that arise from cancers affecting the breast, lung or skin, quality and outcomes research and other neurological studies.
PROFESSIONAL SPOTLIGHT: Marlon Saria, PhD, RN Cares for the ‘Other Patient’
by Zara Jethani
Dr. Marlon Saria implements clinical research to increase quality of life not only for patients with brain cancer but their family caregivers as well.
New Program for Family Caregivers
by Marlon Saria
Cancer is a family disease, the negative effects of caregiving extending to family and beyond. Our new program now supports family caregivers. Read more.
Last updated: July 29th, 2020