Driving home from work I heard an NPR news item about Agent Orange and Parkinson’s disease. When I got home I checked online for the exact information, but so far […]
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Our 5th Grade has spent the past few weeks reading and writing all kinds of poetry. This week they invited me into their class so they could read some of
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Have you heard about research seeking to identify biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease? And have you participated as a volunteer in such research? I can answer “Yes!” to both questions, but
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I’ve uncovered recent and not-so-recent articles that essentially say, “I’ve got Parkinson’s disease and my life is good.” No, I didn’t write them. Today’s NY Times reports that Georgia Senator
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Yesterday I saw my neurologist, who I think is the brightest star on this planet. We discussed many things, but there were two main outcomes for me. Note: If I’m wrong
Visit Doctor. Start Sinemet. Write Poem. Read More »
Howdy, folks! As the next post on this blog will mark 100 posts since I started the website in mid-February, I thought I’d pull back a little and ask: How
There’s a raft of Parkinson’s disease blogs right here. Turns out the World Parkinson Coalition, whose upcoming Congress I recently blogged about, maintains an official list of blog partner sites.
New York State and medical marijuana – a NY Times update. Quote: As of now, doctors can prescribe the drug’s use to treat only 10 conditions, including cancer, H.I.V./AIDS, multiple
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Just before my husband and I moved out of the city to the suburbs, I saw this Toyota ad on the back of a National Geographic. I cut it out
The NY Times has a quasi-humorous – no, a full-fledged humorous – story of a man with Parkinson’s disease whose shop gets burgled. Elias Lifshitz emigrated from Mexico to Manhattan
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