My Kind of Guy
No, I don’t mean dating-wise, although I’d love to have dinner with him. Michael Westphal, age 57, was a top long-distance runner as a young man. In 2006 he was […]
Michael J. Fox Foundation
Quiz: Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Trials
Do you know how Parkinson’s disease clinical trials work? Oh, really? Test yourself with this handy, informative quiz. The answers are as enlightening as a parking sun. BTW, thank you for
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Parkinson’s Disease: Two Perspectives
1. This is what I think comes to many people’s mind when they hear that someone has Parkinson’s disease. They envision an elderly person, cloaked in stuffy clothes, confined to a
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Enriched Environment. Baby Boomers. Real Mad Men. Jingles.
If you grew up in the 1950s and 1960s, click here for some enriched-environment throwback Madison Avenue advertising jingles, arranged by Lester Lanin and recorded by his pop-swing band in
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Constipation, Number Two: Dirty Jokes
As part of my personal “enriched environment” initiative, I create original jokes. Today’s topic: a follow-up on yesterday’s blog re: constipation and Parkinson’s disease. Let’s do the jokes first. Q:
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New! Parkinson’s Disease Glossary
The Michael J. Fox Foundation just published a Parkinson’s disease glossary. It covers all the terminology a lay person might encounter when talking about PD. Click here to download it: Parkinsons
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Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Parkinson’s Disease?
Here’s a simple quiz on some essential facts about Parkinson’s disease. Thank you, Michael J. Fox Foundation!
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Coming Soon to an iPhone Near You!
The Michael J. Fox Foundation teamed up with biotech firm Sage Bionetworks to launch a new iPhone app called Parkinson mPower. It captures data on Parkinson’s symptoms and progression as part of a long-term clinical study.
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Finding Out Early
There are two reasons you should read this article in the New York Times (Looking for Parkinson’s Sooner): 1. It lists many symptoms people experience years before they get diagnosed with
We Have Liftoff!
Yesterday I launched this website, and in the first 24 hours we’ve had over 100 visitors from 9 countries…including a sizable fan base in Russia, where I’ve never been, and