American baseball great Dave Parker was, like me, diagnosed with PD four years ago. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette just posted an article about how he’s dealing with PD at the four-year mark, […]
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Parky points out that post-Portland we should plan more peregrinations. I’m positively powered up for that! There are so many places to hike where we live…. Today let’s check out our town’s recently
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As a result of what I learned at the World Parkinson Congress, I’m changing some aspects of my life and on this Parking Suns website. The first change is that I joined
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I attended the first two lectures of Friday afternoon’s session, “Exercise as Treatment,” during the closing hours of the World Parkinson Congress. Rather than write up all my notes, I’ll
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Parky and I love everything about the Michael J. Fox Foundation. It has funded more than $600 million in Parkinson’s research, making it the largest nonprofit funder of Parkinson’s research
Fabulous Fun Fox Foto! Read More »
If you’re in Portland right now for the World Parkinson Congress *and* you want to work out in a great gym, stroll over to LA Fitness, which is about a
Great Gym Near Oregon Convention Center! Read More »
Here are the research questions for which I’ll seek answers when I’m attending the World Parkinson Congress next week in Portland. Do you have your own questions you’d like me
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Last Saturday morning in Lake George (in upstate New York), I swam a 2.5 kilometer (about 1.5 miles) open water race to raise funds for the Michael J. Fox Foundation. As always, Parky the Raccoon,
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Can you “learn” yourself out of Parkinson’s disease? That’s the thrilling question that a 2013 article in The Lancet, the highly-respected, peer-reviewed medical journal, asks in its conclusion. The article,
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So many people with Parkinson’s are witty and on the move! And I don’t mean movement disorder! Click here for a fun and inspiring New York Times article written by
75-Year-Old Man with Parkinson’s Learns to Swim! Read More »