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 […]
Parkinson’s Disease
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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The Athletic Life: One Aspect
Yesterday I entered the Grimaldo’s One Mile Swim Competition, held on the beach at Coney Island. Things did not go as planned. Let’s tell the story chronologically… The alarm clock
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Parky 1, 2, 3
One day recently, a box was left on the front stoop of our house. Parky came out to investigate. What could it be? We took it inside and slit the
White Collar Workers at Higher Risk for Parkinson’s and ALS
A just-released report from the Center for Disease Control in the USA states that there is a higher chance of dying from Parkinson’s disease (as well as ALS – Lou
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Help Bruce Swim His Way to a Cure for Parkinson’s!
Summer’s here, and the time is right for dancing in the streets…and swimming long distance open water events to raise funds for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research!
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Cure for Parkinson’s? Try Irish Dancing!
A friend alerted me to this article about an Italian doctor who enjoys playing Irish music and who noticed that a man with Parkinson’s seemed to lose his symptoms when
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Swimming Q & A
The above picture, showing me swimming laps in the 2nd lane on the left, appeared in the NY Times in March, 2016, in the real estate section’s article and photo spread
More Potential Dangers for LGBTQ Parkies
Last week I reviewed a host of issues concerning Parkinson’s disease and the LGBTQ community; it was a follow-up on an earlier post I wrote shortly after the World Parkinson Congress
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Inequities in Parkinson’s Disease Medical Treatment
John L. Lehr, the chief executive officer of the Parkinson’s Foundation, recently published an article titled “Working Toward a World Without Parkinson’s Disease.” The first paragraph ends with these optimistic
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