On a recent conference call with some of the other official bloggers for next year’s World Parkinson Congress, we briefly discussed how to simulate Parkinson’s disease for people who don’t […]
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You don’t have to answer that; I already know. People have told me, sometimes angrily. For example, in one heated family argument many years ago, a family member snapped, “You don’t
At age 54, Sherri Wolf was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. It didn’t really stop her. She couldn’t water ski anymore, but she could certainly tend her garden. “Life is all
Here’s a short, light-hearted first person account of some of the sillier things that happen when you get Parkinson’s disease. The first sentence sets the mood: It is either denial
First off, I couldn’t find any sunshine pics for the movie “Love and Other Drugs,” so I went with a moon shot, above. Which is the only crack I’ll make in
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Here’s a news story about a Parkie who started experiencing symptoms when she was just 13 years old – what I’m calling “Adolescent Onset Parkinson’s Disease.” She is now a doctoral
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The NY Times today reviews an exhibit of paintings by Piero di Cosimo, an Italian Renaissance painter who late in life developed Parkinson’s disease (although it wouldn’t be called “Parkinson’s
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Watch, then read. 1. Watch: Quote from video: [Parkinson’s disease] doesn’t have to be negative. 2. Read: Exercise and Parkinson’s Disease: What’s New? Quote from reading: NPF’s Parkinson’s Outcomes
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
The NY Times reports today on a court case that will award millions of dollars to about 21,000 former NFL players who are expected to get, or already have, serious