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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Swimming the Hudson River
Today, with the support of Parky 1, Parky 2 and Parky 3, I swam across the Hudson River from the city of Newburgh to the town of Beacon. Newburgh and
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Help Bruce Swim His Way to a Cure for Parkinson’s!
Summer’s here, and the time is right for dancing in the streets…and swimming long distance open water events to raise funds for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research!
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Individual Parkies Taking Charge
There’s been a bunch of articles recently about average Jane or Joe Parkies taking charge of their lives and speaking out. Shall we review a few? 1. Mike Wood Lifts
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“Time” for Parkinson’s
The online Time magazine has a great article on Margaret Bourke-White, the famous Life magazine photographer who developed Parkinson’s disease in 1953 and fought it tooth and nail so she could
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DBS Updates: Now Used for Depression, Too
DBS, or Deep Brain Stimulation, has been an option for treating Parkinson’s disease since the late 1980s. Basically, surgeons drill two holes in your skull and insert tiny wires into
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Parkinson’s Unity Walk – New York City
Yesterday was the Parkinson’s Unity Walk in New York’s Central Park. The photo above shows the starting gate, where I was supposed to meet some friends from Europe (Andy Butler
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Parkinson’s Unity Walk – This Saturday in NYC!
If you’re in New York City this weekend, be sure to join the Parkinson’s Unity Walk in Central Park. Thousands of Parkies will be there, as well as their friends,
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Michael J. Fox Does AARP
Or is it “AARP Does Michael J. Fox“? At any rate, AARP The Magazine has a great interview with Fox in its current issue. He talks about how he’s coping
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Run For Your Lives!
First off, notice how the Nike swoosh on my T-shirt echoes, in a way, the curved blade on the Grim Reaper’s scythe. I wonder if I’m the first person to
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