Ping Pong Parkinson’s
Here’s a recent video promoting my Ping Pong Parkinson’s club, which meets every Wednesday in Pleasantville, NY, and has a tournament coming up this week. The group was founded by […]
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Other People’s Stories
Female Caregivers of People with Parkinson’s Risk Anxiety and Depression Themselves
According to a recent study from Turkey, female caregivers of people with Parkinson’s disease face anxiety and depression themselves, at far greater rates than male caregivers. We’re talking mostly about
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Call for Abstracts: World Parkinson Congress
The World Parkinson Congress is accepting abstracts for poster presentations at the upcoming Congress in Kyoto (June 4-7, 2019). You can submit an abstract as a medical researcher, or as
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Enter the World Parkinson Congress Video Competition!
Feeling creative? Want a challenge? Love working with video? Then enter the World Parkinson Congress‘ 2019 Video Competition! Your video needs to be no longer than 3 minutes 30 seconds,
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The Sun in Poetry
The New Colossus Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman
Guest Post: Health Disparities within the LGBT Parkinson’s Population
A Healthcare Professional’s Perspective on Health Disparities within the LGBT Parkinson’s Population – Anissa Mitchell, LCSW I am a licensed clinical social worker who has spent the last eight years
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Another Parkie Out of the Closet – and Another and Another…
I’ve written a few posts recently about people coming out of the Parkinson’s closet. Since then, I’ve come across even more articles describing how individual Parkies take this step. Let’s
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Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are
The Orlando Sentinel recently ran a story about a young man with Parkinson’s (Todd Stewart, who works for the Sentinel). Todd pretty much kept his diagnosis a secret for six years.
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Reader Response: Sports Illustrated does Brian Grant
Sports Illustrated recently ran a long piece on Brian Grant, the NBA star who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at age 36. I’ll review the article with the Reader Response
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Got DBS? Watch Out for Thunderstorms!
A recent report in the NY Times warns that people with electrodes implanted in their brain should be especially careful during thunderstorms, because if lightning strikes your building, you may
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