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Fill ‘er Up & Hold the Decaf

May 13, 2015 | Enriched Environment, Jokes, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Nutrition, Parkinson's Disease | Bruce

The New York Times just confirmed my earlier post about coffee staving off Parkinson’s disease. “The most recent meta-analyses on neurological disorders found that coffee intake was associated with lower […]

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Parkinson’s in the Park

May 10, 2015 | Bruce, Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Physical Exercise | Bruce | 2 Comments

Spring is here!  Let’s run outdoors again! But wait…I must be careful how I run because I have a bone spur in my Achilles tendon.  (Side question:  Does anyone with Parkinson’s disease not have

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Put Some Movement in Your Movement Disorder!

May 10, 2015 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Parkinson's Disease, Physical Exercise | Bruce | 2 Comments

It’s Sunday noon in New York and by now all the after-hours dance clubs are winding down or closed. But that doesn’t mean you can’t rock out in your living

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The Sun in Poetry

May 8, 2015 | Enriched Environment, Poetry | Bruce | 3 Comments

Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me – The Carriage held but just Ourselves – And Immortality. We slowly drove – He knew no haste And I had put

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Quiz: Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Trials

May 8, 2015 | Michael J. Fox Foundation, Parkinson's Disease, Research | Bruce

Do you know how Parkinson’s disease clinical trials work? Oh, really? Test yourself with this handy, informative quiz.  The answers are as enlightening as a parking sun. BTW, thank you for

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Throwback Thursdays Art

May 7, 2015 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Throwback Thursdays Art | Bruce | 5 Comments

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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New Website Seeks Your Personal Story

May 6, 2015 | Bruce, Enriched Environment, Other Diseases, Other People's Stories, Parkinson's Disease | Bruce | 2 Comments

Former Massachusetts first lady Ann Romney and friends have kicked off a new website where people with Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, Lou Gehrig’s disease and other neurological disorders can post their

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Parking Suns’ Corona

May 6, 2015 | Bruce, Enriched Environment, Jokes | Bruce

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Found: California’s Missing Water

May 6, 2015 | Bruce, Enriched Environment, Jokes, Parkinson's Disease | Bruce | 1 Comment

Every night when I sleep on my stomach, my husband points out the drool stains on the bed sheet the next morning. If someone will pay my airfare to California,

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Why I Love My School

May 5, 2015 | Bronx Charter School for Better Learning, Caleb Gattegno, Other People's Stories | Bruce

A colleague who works in our kindergarten recently wrote the following about an experience with one child (name changed): Worked with Oliver on beginning sounds of words (something he and a

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Bruce Ballard

Bruce Ballard

My name is Bruce Ballard. I started this website in February, 2015, to promote an “enriched environment” for people with Parkinson’s disease, including myself. Enjoy!

I'm an official blogger for the 2016 World Parkinson Congress (Portland, Oregon, USA) and the 2019 World Parkinson Congress (Kyoto, Japan). Click on the logo to learn more!

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