Both Sides Now…and Again!
Alice Lazzarini, Ph.D., has been in the news a lot recently (click! click!) and I briefly blogged about her before (click!). She is a research scientist who helped prove that […]
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Parkinson Pantheon!
Are You List-ening?
Today was/is a major day in the online PD world, as three lists hit the Interwebs, and they’re all good. Let me list them and make it four! 1. The Best
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Young Onset Parkie in the News
The NY Times just wrote about Billy Kennedy, basketball coach for Texas A&M. The article begins with Billy learning he has Young Onset Parkinson’s, then describes his initial foray into the
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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 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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Yoga Instructor w/ Parkinson’s
Here’s an intriguing (and, in my opinion, uplifting) article about Keith Erickson, a yoga instructor who recently learned he has Parkinson’s. Two excerpts (my bold): 1. “Hide it, ignore it,
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Parky Power in Politics
The New York Times reports that Richard Brown, a New York City politician with Parkinson’s disease, has been running unopposed as Queens District Attorney through the past six elections, even though
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Book Blurb: My Degeneration
I just finished the graphic novel “My Degeneration: A Journey Through Parkinson’s” by Peter Dunlap-Shohl. I read it on the train yesterday and today, and now am sorting through all
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Rock On, Rock Steady!
Although I’m down on professional sports which lead to head injuries that later lead to Parkinson’s disease (e.g., boxing and football), I’m up on Rock Steady, a boxing program for people
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