I attended the first two lectures of Friday afternoon’s session, “Exercise as Treatment,” during the closing hours of the World Parkinson Congress. Rather than write up all my notes, I’ll […]
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From the WPC Program Guide James Parkinson’s Special Lecture “Levodopa Over the Last 50 Years – Where We’ve Come and Where We Are Going” Speaker: Dr. John G. Nutt, Professor
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Here are the research questions for which I’ll seek answers when I’m attending the World Parkinson Congress next week in Portland. Do you have your own questions you’d like me
Questions for the World Parkinson Congress! Read More »
A research review in this week’s online News Medical makes me realize that all may not be hunky-dory with my current, seemingly successful attempts at holding Parkinson’s disease at bay. According
First the Bad News… Read More »
Can you “learn” yourself out of Parkinson’s disease? That’s the thrilling question that a 2013 article in The Lancet, the highly-respected, peer-reviewed medical journal, asks in its conclusion. The article,
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This study, reported in News-Medical.net, offers a multi-pronged approach to improve mental, physical and emotional health. It sounds great to me. Now if I only had the time! The research
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According to the NY Times, you don’t have to use extremely heavy weights at the gym to get good results. You can use lighter, more comfortable weights. Just up the number
Hot Off the (Bench) Press: Lighter Weights Just As Good Read More »
According to today’s New York Times, if you’re genetically slated to get dementia (specifically Alzheimer’s; the article is not clear about other forms), there’s not much you can do to stop
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As I noted before (click!), plenty of news outlets are willing to attribute Muhammad Ali’s Parkinson’s disease to the innumerable hits to the head that Ali received during his boxing career.
Michael J. Fox Foundation on Muhammad Ali’s Parkinson’s Disease Read More »
There’s been an incredible output of articles on Muhammad Ali‘s death, and now I sense a shift in the world regarding how we understand Parkinson’s disease. Plenty of news stories
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