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 […]
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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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Announcing: 5th World Parkinson Congress Video Competition!
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’s Funny Book about Parkinson’s
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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Announcing: WPC Parkinson’s Haiku Contest!
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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Coming Up: World Parkinson’s Day
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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