So This Guy Walks Into a Bar…
Part of my “Enriched Environment” initiative: jokes I make up myself. 1. So this guy with Parkinson’s disease (me!) walks into a bar and says “ouch!” 2. So these two […]
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Jane Fonda’s Boyfriend
I just learned that Jane Fonda’s boyfriend, record producer Richard Perry, has Parkinson’s disease. She discusses it in a blog she wrote a year ago.
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We Have Liftoff!
Yesterday I launched this website, and in the first 24 hours we’ve had over 100 visitors from 9 countries…including a sizable fan base in Russia, where I’ve never been, and
Banish the TV. Read a Novel.
This online article summarizes two studies that looked at the impact on your brain of reading or watching TV. One study that found that reading a novel produced positive neural changes
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Valerie Harper’s Perspective
AARP Magazine interviewed actress Valerie Harper (who played Rhoda on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”) about her life with terminal brain cancer. Her doctors told her she had only three
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The Wobblies
It’s interesting how Parkinson’s disease affects my balance. When I get dressed in the morning, I challenge myself to do so standing up. When I stand on my left leg, bend
Can’t. Challenge. Not an Issue.
Things I can’t do with my right arm or hand: type (most days). brush the teeth on the right side of my face. I have to nod my head up
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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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“Enriched Environment”
Apparently, you can thwart the onset or progression of Parkinson’s disease by placing yourself in “enriched environments.” According to the article “‘Enriched Environment’ May Boost Brain Health” (see page 5 in
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Jokes
One way to keep your mind active (part of “enriched environment“) is to create new jokes. Here are four that I made up. Q: How many soap opera fans does it