Young Onset Parkies In the News
Here are two contrasting stories of Young Onset Parkies in the recent news. 1. Top Reader Response in This Week’s New York Times Chris, in San Francisco, wrote a reader […]
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Physical Exercise
Ping-Pong Power Play
I’ve started attending the weekly Parkinson’s Ping-Pong night at the nearby Westchester Table Tennis Center in Pleasantville. It’s really a wonderful service they provide. Typically about ten Parkies are there,
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22 Push-Up Challenge to Raise Awareness of Veteran Suicide – Week 3
Last year Andy Dousis, a colleague at work, challenged me (and others) to do 22 push-ups a day for 22 days to raise awareness that every day in America some
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Canadian Parkie in the News
Yesterday’s CBC News (in Canada) reported on Robyn Levy, a young woman with Parkinson’s who fights back through exercise and art. (She was also a fellow official blogger of the last
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Parkinson’s Unity Walk – This Saturday in NYC!
If you’re in New York City this weekend, be sure to join the Parkinson’s Unity Walk in Central Park. Thousands of Parkies will be there, as well as their friends,
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22 Push-Up Challenge to Raise Awareness of Veteran Suicide – Week 2
Last year Andy Dousis, a colleague at work, challenged me (and others) to do 22 push-ups a day for 22 days to raise awareness that every day in America some
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Parkinson’s Disease Anxiety: 5 Ways Out of This Labyrinth
As I have written before, Parkies are at high risk for anxiety disorder. This is not merely because we’re reacting in fear to our diagnosis, but because PD changes the chemical
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22 Push-Up Challenge to Raise Awareness of Veteran Suicide – Week 1
Last year Andy Dousis, a colleague at work, challenged me (and others) to do 22 push-ups a day for 22 days to raise awareness that every day in America some
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In the Offing: Future Therapies for PD
I recently received the following message from Benjamin Stecher in my blog’s in-box: Hey, fellow PD advocate and blogger here, Below is a link to my latest blog entry about the
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Announcement: Pleasantville’s Parkinson Ping-Pong Night
If you live in the suburbs north of New York City, click below for a flyer about the weekly Parkinson’s night at the Westchester Table Tennis Center. Press Release- Ping Pong
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