New Hope, Pennsylvania, is a town with a long history, going all the way back to the days before the United States won its independence from Britain. It sits on […]
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If you live in the New York City area, or want a good reason to visit the Big Apple, keep Saturday, April 28, open so you can participate in the
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I’ve been learning ping-pong for about ten months at a weekly table tennis program for Parkies (click!), and last weekend I participated in the world’s first Parkinson’s Ping Pong Championship
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Today was the first International Parkinson’s Ping-Pong Championship, and by all accounts it was a huge success. Seven entrants from various countries around the world competed (that’s why I added
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In the fictional world many of us try to live in for much of our lives, Valentine’s Day means flowers and valentine cards and boxes of chocolates – all lovely
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Last week I posted a review of Chapter 2 of Norman Doidge’s book, The Brain’s Way of Healing. The chapter was titled “A Man Walks Off His Parkinsonian Symptoms: How Exercise Helps
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What: Ping Pong Tournament for People with Parkinson’s Disease When: Saturday, February 17, 12:00 noon Where: Westchester Table Tennis Center (175 Tompkins Ave., Pleasantville, NY 10570) – easily accessible by
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A psychiatrist recently suggested I read Chapter 2 of The Brain’s Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontier of Neuroplasticity, by Norman Doidge, MD. Chapter 2 is
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Here’s an update on ping pong’s potential for helping people with Parkinson’s disease. (To read my earlier ping pong posts, just click: click! click! click! click! click! click! click!) CBSN just aired
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The NY Times reported this week on a research study which found that high-intensity treadmill training slowed the progression of Parkinson’s disease in Parkies who were “newly diagnosed” (that is,
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