Sports Illustrated recently ran a long piece on Brian Grant, the NBA star who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at age 36. I’ll review the article with the Reader Response […]
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This week it became official: Ping-Pong Parkinson, which meets weekly at the Westchester Table Tennis Center (WTTC) in Pleasantville, NY, is now a 501(c)(3) organization – i.e., a public charity.
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The Parkinson’s Unity Walk will take place this upcoming Saturday, April 28, in New York’s Central Park. For all the details, or to make a donation, click to the 2018
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New Hope, Pennsylvania, is a town with a long history, going all the way back to the days before the United States won its independence from Britain. It sits on
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If you live in the New York City area, or want a good reason to visit the Big Apple, keep Saturday, April 28, open so you can participate in the
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I’ve been learning ping-pong for about ten months at a weekly table tennis program for Parkies (click!), and last weekend I participated in the world’s first Parkinson’s Ping Pong Championship
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Today was the first International Parkinson’s Ping-Pong Championship, and by all accounts it was a huge success. Seven entrants from various countries around the world competed (that’s why I added
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In the fictional world many of us try to live in for much of our lives, Valentine’s Day means flowers and valentine cards and boxes of chocolates – all lovely
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Last week I posted a review of Chapter 2 of Norman Doidge’s book, The Brain’s Way of Healing. The chapter was titled “A Man Walks Off His Parkinsonian Symptoms: How Exercise Helps
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What: Ping Pong Tournament for People with Parkinson’s Disease When: Saturday, February 17, 12:00 noon Where: Westchester Table Tennis Center (175 Tompkins Ave., Pleasantville, NY 10570) – easily accessible by
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