Fava beans have a mixed rep in the Parkinson’s disease community. On the one hand, alternative websites tout them as a replacement for, or supplement to, a drug regimen. On the other […]
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The Vantage Point If tired of trees I seek again mankind, Well I know where to hie me—in the dawn, To a slope where the cattle keep the lawn. There
As part of my personal “enriched environment” initiative, I create original jokes. Today’s topic: a follow-up on yesterday’s blog re: constipation and Parkinson’s disease. Let’s do the jokes first. Q:
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When I was eight years old, I spent a summer with my two very proper, never-married great aunts, Aunt Nora and Aunt Melinda. My parents went away for July and
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The Michael J. Fox Foundation just published a Parkinson’s disease glossary. It covers all the terminology a lay person might encounter when talking about PD. Click here to download it: Parkinsons
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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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Here’s a simple quiz on some essential facts about Parkinson’s disease. Thank you, Michael J. Fox Foundation!
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Swallows They dip their wings in the sunset, They dash against the air As if to break themselves upon its stillness: In every movement, too swift to count, Is a
The Michael J. Fox Foundation teamed up with biotech firm Sage Bionetworks to launch a new iPhone app called Parkinson mPower. It captures data on Parkinson’s symptoms and progression as part of a long-term clinical study.
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Lately I’ve been suffering from dry mouth at work and, I sense, a resultant softer voice. (Dry mouth is an under-reported PD symptom; soft voice is not.) Why is my mouth