My Keys to PD
A few years ago, the Parkinson’s Foundation published an online article titled “Improving Brain Function with Exercise, Connectedness and Creativity.” (But it’s no longer on their website…oh-oh…oh, well.) I pasted […]
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Terror in a PD Research Study
Over the years I’ve participated in a number of research studies related to Parkinson’s disease. In fact, I encourage everyone with PD to sign up with the Michael J. Fox
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Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are
The Orlando Sentinel recently ran a story about a young man with Parkinson’s (Todd Stewart, who works for the Sentinel). Todd pretty much kept his diagnosis a secret for six years.
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Reader Response: Sports Illustrated does Brian Grant
Sports Illustrated recently ran a long piece on Brian Grant, the NBA star who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at age 36. I’ll review the article with the Reader Response
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What Marijuana Isn’t
Although the jury is still out on whether medical marijuana offers real benefits for Parkies (mostly because the U.S. government classifies it as a dangerous Schedule 1 drug, alongside heroin
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Parkinson’s Unity Walk – 2018
Yesterday was the Parkinson’s Unity Walk in New York’s Central Park. Did we go? Do you even have to ask? We rode the train down the Hudson River to Manhattan.
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More Walking for Parkinson’s – and I Mean MORE
Last week I posted a review of Chapter 2 of Norman Doidge’s book, The Brain’s Way of Healing. The chapter was titled “A Man Walks Off His Parkinsonian Symptoms: How Exercise Helps
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Fox Foundation Endorses “Parkinson’s Pandemic” Paper
Todd Sherer, the CEO of the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, this week wrote an op-ed in The Hill in which he promotes a recently published opinion piece
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Jane Pauley Interviews Michael J. Fox
This morning, Jane Pauley interviewed Michael J. Fox on the TV show “CBS Sunday Morning.” It’s always amazing to hear Michael speak, and in this interview he is straightforward and
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Swimming Lake George – 2017
This past weekend I swam a 2.5 kilometer (1.5 mile) open water race in Lake George, New York, to raise funds for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.
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