In Honor of World Parkinson’s Day…. I live north of New York City, but most of my doctors are in Manhattan. When riding the train to Manhattan, I use the […]
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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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If you live in the New York City area, or want a good reason to visit the Big Apple, keep Saturday, April 28, open so you can participate in the
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I visited my neurologist yesterday. In general, she’s pleased as punch that the disease is not progressing, and she adjusted my meds as follows. As before, I’ve included medications prescribed
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I’ve been learning ping-pong for about ten months at a weekly table tennis program for Parkies (click!), and last weekend I participated in the world’s first Parkinson’s Ping Pong Championship
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Today was the first International Parkinson’s Ping-Pong Championship, and by all accounts it was a huge success. Seven entrants from various countries around the world competed (that’s why I added
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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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The state of New Mexico made the Parkinson’s news stream this week because of a possibly insensitive remark one of the state senators made about PD. A senate committee was
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