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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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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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
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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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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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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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
I was mentioned twice in articles for the Michael J. Fox Foundation’s website. 1. One article interviewed me about being out on the job and participating in research trials. 2.
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I try to get to the gym or do some other kind of workout 4 or 5 times/week. Soon I’ll install a calendar on this site where I can track
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I’m not on Sinemet (carbidopa-levodopa), the main drug for Parkinson’s disease, as my symptoms are still mild. Consequently I don’t have the “on – off” condition of when my meds