Choking Explained?
I’m taking a graduate course at my public charter school in the Bronx, and we are reading a book by Caleb Gattegno titled In the Beginning There Were No Words: The […]
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Parkinson’s Disease
Coffee – Not the Parkinson’s Panacea Anymore…
In many of my earlier Parking Suns posts (e.g., click!) I reported on research that lauded coffee as a means of slowing Parkinson’s progression. For example, the University of Maryland
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More Resources for Seniors with Special Needs
Natalie Kelly and her colleagues at Forever Curious have sent me additional important links for senior citizens, especially senior citizens with special needs like Parkinson’s disease. I’ll paste the links
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Update on Human Stem Cells & Parkinson’s
Two weeks ago I posted the news that a Japanese research team seems to have cured Parkinson’s disease in monkeys by implanting human stem cells in their brains. The stem cells
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Human Stem Cells Seem to Cure Parkinson’s in Monkeys
According to an article in Scientific American, researchers in Japan have successfully used human stem cells to fight Parkinson’s disease in monkeys. The stem cells came not from human embryos, but
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Swimming Lake George – 2017
This past weekend I swam a 2.5 kilometer (1.5 mile) open water race in Lake George, New York, to raise funds for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.
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Swimming the Hudson River
Today, with the support of Parky 1, Parky 2 and Parky 3, I swam across the Hudson River from the city of Newburgh to the town of Beacon. Newburgh and
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What Position Do You Sleep In? It Matters!
What position do you sleep in? Apparently, it makes a difference. If you scroll to the bottom of this HuffPost article about sleep, you should see a video titled, “How
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Biking Fast
A friend, Bill Harwood, just sent me this article about how riding a bicycle can improve your life as a Parkie. The basic facts: – You get the most benefit
Review: “How Not to Die from Parkinson’s Disease”
At the World Parkinson Congress last September, I walked in on the tail-end of an academic session that dealt with nutrition. The speaker ended with a strong pitch that we
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