A five-year study of the entire South Korean adult population over the age of 40 found strong correlations between “metabolic syndrome” and Parkinson’s disease. What’s “metabolic syndrome” (MetS)? It consists […]
From Korea: Metabolic Syndrome and the Risk of Parkinson’s Disease Read More »
A slew of just-published articles (click! click! click! click! click!) describe a new research study which found that people with early-stage Parkinson’s who drink two cups of coffee a day
According to a recently published study in Neurology (and summarized for the lay reader in Medical News Today), people with Parkinson’s disease need to watch out for weight loss, especially right after
A High-Calorie Diet May Help You Live Longer Read More »
Robert Smith, a retired landscaping architect who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2006, has just come out with a book that explains how he turned his life around five
Review: The Parkinson’s Playbook, by Robert Smith Read More »
We had the first cold night of fall last night, which means it’s time to change my daily breakfast, from cold cereal to hot. I use plain hot oatmeal (which
Breakfast and the Changing Seasons Read More »
At the World Parkinson Congress last September, I walked in on the tail-end of an academic session that dealt with nutrition. The speaker ended with a strong pitch that we
Review: “How Not to Die from Parkinson’s Disease” Read More »
Last week I posted a bunch of helpful links under the title “Preparing to Be – Or to Care For – a Special Needs Senior.” The resources came to me courtesy
More Helpful Links Read More »
I recently received the following message from Benjamin Stecher in my blog’s in-box: Hey, fellow PD advocate and blogger here, Below is a link to my latest blog entry about the
In the Offing: Future Therapies for PD Read More »
A few weeks ago I wrote about the intense hunger I feel multiple times during the day, and about my need to balance eating when I’m hungry with making sure my
The Sinemet Hunger Game – Round 2 Read More »
Lately my body’s been waging a war within itself. The two opponents are (1) the need to take another tablet of Sinemet (carbidopa-levodopa) because the effects are wearing off, and
The Sinemet Hunger Game Read More »