Fast with the Fingers, Way Back When…
I played the kayagum in South Korea for many years.
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Non-Pharmacological Fixes
New Book: Taming and Managing Parkinson’s Disease
This book aims to give the reader an overview of how Parkinson’s works in the body, and what the PwP (Person with Parkinson’s) can do about it.
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News from Teachers College Columbia University!
Turning the Page with Parkinson’s TC alum Bruce Ballard (Ed.D. ’94) is the author of his own story, from pedagogy to poetry On Bruce Ballard’s (Ed.D. ’94) bucket list, you’ll
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Bruce’s Daily Routine
Bruce’s Daily Routine These days I try to follow every step in my master routine list, as follows: Lumosity – This is a special website where you can play over
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
Here’s Ella Fitzgerald singing “You Are the Sunshine of My Life,” by Stevie Wonder, with Joe Pass on the guitar.
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No, Not Those Falls…
For an older adult, falls can be serious, even deadly. And falls are more likely if you have Parkinson’s disease.
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Poetry: “That Tree”
I just finished an online poetry workshop with Georgia Heard and Ralph Fletcher, both of whom I took writing classes with while a doctoral student at Teachers College Columbia University.
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An Easy Way to Take Pills When You Have So Many You Could Choke
As I’ve said before (click!), one of the shocking and scary aspects of Parkinson’s disease starts happening when your epiglottis no longer effectively closes off your windpipe when you swallow,
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