Web Update: The Mighty
There’s apparently a new website in town, devoted to all kinds of health issues, including Parkinson’s. It’s called The Mighty, and some of my blog posts will appear there going […]
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Research
Positive Deviancy and Enriched Environment
Positive Deviance with an Enriched Environment Last week I reviewed research that showed that rats and mice raised in an “enriched environment” and then infected with a chemical that gave
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Enriched Environment for Mice and Rats with PD
A meta-analysis (click!) of a few dozen research studies regarding the effects of an enriched environment on rats and mice who the researchers induced with Parkinson’s disease ends with this
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Do You Think About Death?
This past week, the New York Times published an essay titled “Living Intimately with Thoughts of Death,” written by Susan Gubar, who’s been diagnosed with cancer. Her opening sentence reads,
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Exciting News from the Parkinson’s Foundation!
I’m excited to announce that the @ParkinsonsFoundation officially launched PD GENEration: Mapping the Future of Parkinson’s Disease, a first-of-its-kind national initiative that offers free genetic testing and counseling. To learn
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Occupational Stress and Your Risk of PD
A Swedish study published last year (Occupational Stress and Risk for Parkinson’s Disease) found that your risk of getting Parkinson’s disease may be related to the intensity of your occupational
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My Keys to PD
A few years ago, the Parkinson’s Foundation published an online article titled “Improving Brain Function with Exercise, Connectedness and Creativity.” (But it’s no longer on their website…oh-oh…oh, well.) I pasted
Parkinson’s Disease Before You Know It
The European Journal of Neuroscience recently published a report (“The Prodromes of Parkinson’s Disease”) that delineates some of the symptoms you may get before your doctor concludes that you have
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What Works for Me
I’m sitting on a fence right now. On one side of the fence is the classification “advanced Parkinson’s disease,” according to the website Parkinson’s Community. Every day in my Facebook
Walking: Adding the Patient’s Perspective
We take walking for granted until something happens and we’re not so mobile anymore. Babies teach themselves to walk and it’s a miracle. Then you age and maybe get Parkinson’s,
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