Take a Walk
Here are three links for the PD crowd. All report on the benefits of taking a walk. 1. The Michael J. Fox Foundation blog reports that people who take nature walks end […]
Deep Brain Stimulation: Q & A
The Michael J Fox Foundation just published a booklet explaining deep brain stimulation (DBS), a surgical procedure that can help certain people with Parkinson’s disease. Click here to open it.
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Update: Parkinson’s Disease and Melanoma
I recently blogged about the relationship between Parkinson’s disease and melanoma. Some of the information wasn’t accurate (about the safety of early morning sun), so I updated the post. Click
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More! More! More!
Watch, then read. 1. Watch: Quote from video: [Parkinson’s disease] doesn’t have to be negative. 2. Read: Exercise and Parkinson’s Disease: What’s New? Quote from reading: NPF’s Parkinson’s Outcomes
Throwback Thursdays Art
Every Thursday, as part of my personal “enriched environment” initiative, I post a piece of art, usually from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which recently released online some 400,000 high-resolution
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The Sun in Poetry
Imagery The tremulously mirrored clouds lie deep, Enchanted towers bosomed in the stream, And blossomed coronals of white-thorn gleam Within the water where the willows sleep— Still-imaged willow-leaves whose shadows
Stay Tuned: Kayagum Sanjo
Today’s Fox Foundation Facebook post “notes” that music can provide powerful medicine for the mind, especially the mind of a Parkie. The post links back to an earlier Fox Foundation
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Shake It!
It’s hot and humid. You’re hot and tired and don’t feel like cooking. Funny, I feel the same way. So let’s click over to the Brian Grant Foundation‘s web page
PD Dance Doc
The movie “Capturing Grace” documents a joint project between the internationally famous Mark Morris Dance Company and the Brooklyn Parkinson Group. In the flick, professional dancers and
Sad and Shocking
The NY Times reports today on a court case that will award millions of dollars to about 21,000 former NFL players who are expected to get, or already have, serious