Exercise and Anxiety
The New York Times recently recycled an article (“Why Exercise Makes You Less Anxious“) that it had published years ago on the relationship between anxiety and exercise – specifically aerobic […]
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Research
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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Tweak Your DBS Voltage with Your iPhone!
Paul Detlefsen, age 44, of Iselin, New Jersey, has had Young Onset Parkinson’s disease for eight years. Like a lot of us! However, he is the first person to be
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The Perennial Closet + Yet Another Symptom
Here’s something that happened to me this week. I work in a public charter school in the Bronx, and I was in a 5th Grade science class while the children
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Parkinson’s Possibly Cured in Mice; Humans Next in Line?
Yesterday’s BBC reported that an international research team was able to reverse Parkinson’s disease in mice (or at least greatly reduce their symptoms) by re-engineering cells already in the brain (called
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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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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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New Drug Approved for PD
The New York Times reports that the USA’s Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug for Parkinson’s. It’s the first time that the FDA approved a new PD
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Navin Kumar – Parkie Ping Pong Powerhouse
I’ve blogged recently about a local tennis table center which hosts a weekly night for people with Parkinson’s disease. But now I’ve met, via email, Navin Kumar, a top-ranked ping-pong athlete
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Coming Out With Parkinson’s: Whom Do You Tell?
Today’s New York Times has an article that asks: If you have a serious medical condition, whom should you tell? One of the people described in the article (the author’s
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