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 […]
Parkinson’s Disease
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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Fill ‘er Up & Hold the Decaf
The New York Times just confirmed my earlier post about coffee staving off Parkinson’s disease. “The most recent meta-analyses on neurological disorders found that coffee intake was associated with lower
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Put Some Movement in Your Movement Disorder!
It’s Sunday noon in New York and by now all the after-hours dance clubs are winding down or closed. But that doesn’t mean you can’t rock out in your living
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Quiz: Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Trials
Do you know how Parkinson’s disease clinical trials work? Oh, really? Test yourself with this handy, informative quiz. The answers are as enlightening as a parking sun. BTW, thank you for
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New Website Seeks Your Personal Story
Former Massachusetts first lady Ann Romney and friends have kicked off a new website where people with Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, Lou Gehrig’s disease and other neurological disorders can post their
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Found: California’s Missing Water
Every night when I sleep on my stomach, my husband points out the drool stains on the bed sheet the next morning. If someone will pay my airfare to California,
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Yoga Balancing Poses: One-Sided Difficulty
If you glance at my physical workout calendar, you’ll see that I often do 60 minutes of stretching exercises at home. These include some yoga balancing poses, especially the Standing
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Parkinson’s Disease: Two Perspectives, Part II
I sometimes publish a “major” post about Parkinson’s disease, and then follow it with a 2nd post of jokes on the same topic. For example, I wrote about constipation, and
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Delay Cognitive Decline: Learn a 2nd Language!
I just attended the 60th Annual Conference of the International Linguistic Association at Columbia University, where the first plenary speaker, Ellen Bialystock, gave a talk titled, “Bilingualism: Consequences for Mind
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