Sweden’s Hospital/Hotels
Sweden, since the 1980s, has run “patient hotels,” which serve as a hospital/hotel combo for people who need some kind of monitoring by a doctor, but don’t really need to stay […]
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Parkinson’s Disease
Reader Response: Exercise Mindset
Today I am responding via my Reader Response Questions to a webpage and video created by physical therapist Sarah King. This page/video discusses how people with Parkinson’s can motivate themselves
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Quelling Tremors One Hand at a Time
The BBC has a terrific video about a computer wizard in London who developed hardware and software that quell Parkinson tremors in the hand of Young Onset Parkie Emma Lawton.
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Gay, With Parkinson’s. What are the Issues?
Actually, I hope this is just the start of a conversation about what it’s like being LGBTQ and having Parkinson’s disease. Full disclosure: I’m gay, and I was diagnosed with
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The Sinemet Hunger Game – Round 2
A few weeks ago I wrote about the intense hunger I feel multiple times during the day, and about my need to balance eating when I’m hungry with making sure my
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Reader Response: Effects of Physical Activity on Parkinson’s Disease
Today I am responding, via my six Reader Response Questions, to a published report titled The Effects of Physical Activity in Parkinson’s Disease: A Review. It was written by Martine
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Parkinson Pantheon Update: Dave Parker
American baseball great Dave Parker was, like me, diagnosed with PD four years ago. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette just posted an article about how he’s dealing with PD at the four-year mark,
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Parkinson Pantheon Update: Janet Reno
Janet Reno, the first woman to serve as U.S. Attorney General, just passed away from complications arising from Parkinson’s disease. She was diagnosed in 1995, but continued to work long
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Reader Response – Shadow Over My Brain
As I posted earlier, I’m now reviewing books and articles about PD, using a reader response format that I created for students at my school, the Bronx Charter School
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Update: Bruce’s Drug Regimen
I saw my neurologist yesterday and showed her my recent “Sinemet Hunger Game” post. She laughed at the title, said I ate healthy foods, then went about calibrating a new
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