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WHATS NEW ON THE KDA SITE
 

12/30/02 Mark Jacobson is running the Los Angeles Marathon on March 2, 2003 to raise funds for the KDA. Click Here for more information or to make a pledge.

12/12/02  Weyerhaeuser grants the KDA $250.00 towards education campaign and mailer to neurologists.  Click Here.

2/11/02 Well if you have not noticed already the KDA website has a new design.  The KDA would like to thank the team over at Duffy Design Work's for the donation of design and web services to the KDA.  Duffy Design Works will also now be hosting the website so you should notice faster loading if you have a high speed connection. Low speed connections may see some improvement also due to the new design.

Shared processing (Distributed Computing) power to help find a cure:  The KDA was recently sent a link to an interesting site about how you can give your PC's extra processing power to a Stanford University lab to help speed up the process of finding cures for diseases like Kennedy's Disease.  Get more info here http://folding.stanford.edu/

11/15/02  Insurance Brokers & Agents of San Fernando Valley award $500.00 grant to the KDA.  Click Here.

10/26/02 The KDA Conference & Symposium pictures are now online Click Here.

09/26/02 Recent Studies Indicate Testosterone may Aggravate Kennedy's Disease. Click Here to go to the Medical Articles page and then go to the bottom of the page for the story.

08/26/02  The new Kennedy's Disease Association brochure is now complete. Click Here to see it.  It is in Adobe format so you can easily view it and print it.  Feel free to print as many copies as you wish and distribute freely. (You will need the adobe viewer to open it) If the file does not open automatically for you, you can download the viewer here.

Coakley's Corner has a new story, "Smiles and Frustrations" Click Here to go to Coakley's Corner.

We have posted some very helpful links that were sent to us for anyone having questions about a CPAP or BIPAP. Click Here to go to the Links' page.