Stay Tuned: Kayagum Sanjo
Today’s Fox Foundation Facebook post “notes” that music can provide powerful medicine for the mind, especially the mind of a Parkie. The post links back to an earlier Fox Foundation […]
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Non-Pharmacological Fixes
Shake It!
It’s hot and humid. You’re hot and tired and don’t feel like cooking. Funny, I feel the same way. So let’s click over to the Brian Grant Foundation‘s web page
PD Dance Doc
The movie “Capturing Grace” documents a joint project between the internationally famous Mark Morris Dance Company and the Brooklyn Parkinson Group. In the flick, professional dancers and
Throwback Thursdays Art
Every Thursday, as part of my personal “enriched environment” initiative, I post a piece of art, usually from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which recently released online some 400,000 high-resolution
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Sunny Summer Daze
A recent Michael J. Fox Foundation blog links Parkinson’s disease and melanoma, the often deadly skin cancer. Parkies come down with melanoma at higher rates than non-Parkies. It’s not certain if one condition
Button It
For people with Parkinson’s disease, getting dressed in the morning presents all kinds of challenges. In particular, many Parkies struggle to button their shirt. Maura Horton, whose husband Don, a college
Parkinson’s On The Run
Here’s another inspirational story of a guy with PD who runs seven days a week for a total of 40 miles. He also runs up mountains. And enters marathons. His
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In the Swim Again
The photo shows me (on the left) when I placed in my age group in one of the many open water swim races I competed in in the Hudson River
Throwback Thursdays Art
Every Thursday, as part of my personal “enriched environment” initiative, I post a piece of art, usually from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which recently released online some 400,000 high-resolution
Throwback Thursdays Art Read More »
Throwback Thursdays Art
Every Thursday, as part of my personal “enriched environment” initiative, I post a piece of art, usually from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which recently released online some 400,000 high-resolution
Throwback Thursdays Art Read More »