Off And On With DBS
DBS (Deep Brain Stimulation) is a startling surgical procedure for Parkies whereby doctors drill holes in your skull and insert two wires that will stimulate the part of your brain that’s […]
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Other People’s Stories
Rock On, Rock Steady! Fountain of Youth!
Frequent Parking Suns viewer and comment writer Bev emailed me that she took a Rock Steady boxing class for people with Parkinson’s and felt great afterwards. She wrote: I went
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Shining Star: Michael J. Fox!
There’s a scurrilous online gossip newspaper article this week reporting damaging, overly dramatic things about Michael J. Fox. Don’t ask me for the link, however. Instead, I encourage you to
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Parky Goes Big Time!
Most of us know Parky the Raccoon (official mascot of the World Parkinson Congress) as a cute, cuddly stuffed animal. But OMG! Here’s a larger-than-imaginable version waiting for us all
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Parky’s Thank You Sonnet
Parky had a great time on his trip to California. He wrote this sonnet as a way of thanking our host, Bill Harwood. A car, a train, a bus, two
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Parky Puts Parkinson’s in its Place
Here’s yet another great article, this time from the Voice of America, showing how Parkies can do a lot to slow the progression of the disease by exercising. Video included.
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Sleep On It
In August I blogged about research that found that it’s better to sleep on your side than on your back or stomach, because it enables the body to more easily
Still More Football Concussion Sadness
Today’s NY Times has two articles about NFL players who went on to develop serious neurological problems as a result of repeated blows to the head (concussion and sub-concussive impacts)
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