The World Parkinson Congress will meet next year in Kyoto, Japan. But they are holding a video competition, open to anyone affected by Parkinson’s (Parkies, care givers, doctors, researchers, family […]
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Sheryl Jedlinski, one of the 2016 World Parkinson Congress‘s official bloggers, just published the humorous book, Parkinson’s? You’re Kidding Me, Right? You can get it on Amazon or wherever finer goods are
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The Fifth World Parkinson Congress will take place June 4-7, 2019, in Kyoto, Japan. As a pre-game warm-up, the WPC is holding a haiku contest this month (April, 2018) which
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April 11, 2018, is World Parkinson’s Day. It is also the birthday of James Parkinson (11 April 1755 – 21 December 1824), who is credited with being the first doctor to identify
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When I attended the World Parkinson Congress in Portland (Sept, 2016), I heard many impressive presentations and met dozens of Parkinson Superstars. But the most amazing speech was given by
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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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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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The folks at the online, for-profit Drugwatch (“Our Mission: Keep people safe from potentially harmful drugs, medical devices and procedures by informing them of medical conditions, severe side effects and ways
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Every year my school’s Korean language and culture program, which I coordinate, holds a sijo-writing contest for its 2nd and 3rd Grade students. We define sijo (pronounced “she–jo”) as a three-line poem that
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