Comin’ Down the Pike
New York State and medical marijuana – a NY Times update. Quote: As of now, doctors can prescribe the drug’s use to treat only 10 conditions, including cancer, H.I.V./AIDS, multiple […]
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Parkinson’s Disease
Prescient?
Just before my husband and I moved out of the city to the suburbs, I saw this Toyota ad on the back of a National Geographic. I cut it out
The Sometimes Tremors
The NY Times has a quasi-humorous – no, a full-fledged humorous – story of a man with Parkinson’s disease whose shop gets burgled. Elias Lifshitz emigrated from Mexico to Manhattan
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Yetta Nother …
Yet another authority encourages people with Parkinson’s disease to exercise as a way to slow PD’s progression. Johns Hopkins’ website has a short article titled “Living with Parkinson’s: 5 Ways
On the Horizon: World Parkinson Congress
Set your alarm clock for Sept. 20-23, 2016, and book your flight (or hop a van) to Portland, Oregon, for the 4th World Parkinson Congress. It looks tremendously exciting. The
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Whoa! Physical + Cognitive Exercises!
This sounds fantastic: Physical workouts combined with cognitive exercises for people with Parkinson’s disease! Read all about it here. The class, called “ParkinGo,” is taught by Jillian Carson, a former physiotherapist
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Perky Parkie Power!
If you never clicked over to Perky Parkie’s blog, do so now and read her empowering article, “Is Happiness a Choice?” The author, Allison Smith, is a personal trainer and funny
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Depression Linked to Parkinson’s
According to a study reported in the NY Times, early depression and Parkinson’s disease are linked, but it’s not clear if one is causing the other. Chief quote: “It could
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My Kind of Guy
No, I don’t mean dating-wise, although I’d love to have dinner with him. Michael Westphal, age 57, was a top long-distance runner as a young man. In 2006 he was
End-of-Life Flicks
First off, I love the blackbirds in this photo. Second, to follow up on Emily Dickinson’s fabulous poem (Because I could not stop for Death — He kindly stopped for
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