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Less Advice, More Presence: Supporting Loved Ones with Chronic Illness

September 30, 2025 | Enriched Environment, Medications, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Nutrition | Bruce

Supporting someone with a chronic condition doesn’t mean fixing them. It doesn’t mean knowing all the right things to say. It means showing up with rhythm, with listening, with humility.

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Bruce Walking. Sept. 20 2025

September 22, 2025 | Uncategorized | Bruce

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Is It True That Saunas Can Help Boost Mental Clarity?

September 19, 2025 | Bruce, Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Physical Exercise | Bruce

Saunas can help your mind in a number of ways. Plus, they are, by definition, hot.

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NY Times Asks: Why Do More and More Old People Die from Falls?

September 7, 2025 | Bruce's Meds, Medications, Physical Exercise, Research | Bruce
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The NY Times reports: More and more elderly are falling and dying in America, but not in other countries.

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Ask AskShan Again And Again And AskShan Answers Again And Again!

September 6, 2025 | Bruce, Bruce's Meds, Deep Brain Stimulation, Medications, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Nutrition, Parkinson's Disease, Physical Exercise, Research | Bruce
A focused doctor with stethoscope recording patient details in an office setting.

  Here are two more questions that I submitted to AskShan.  As before, my question will appear in bold font, and AskShan’s response in italics. And just like last time, the

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Asking AskShan Again and Again

August 10, 2025 | Bruce, Bruce's Meds, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Other People's Stories, Parkinson's Disease, Research | Bruce
A fisherman in a boat on a tranquil lake at sunrise with snow-capped mountains in the background.

I now like to visit the online bot for Parkinson’s disease, and am impressed with how quickly the bot responds to my inquiry.

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Parkinson’s + Poetry

July 27, 2025 | Bruce, Other People's Stories, Parkinson's Disease, Poetry | Bruce
hunger, hungry, eating, cookie, biscuit, cracker, people, snack, man, male, businessman, tie suit, face, expression, hand, tasty, yummy, food, nutrition, delicious, diet, meal, eat, sweet, dessert, fat, guy, dress shirt, tie, donut, stain, messy, hungry, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, man, food, diet, eat

Here’s a poem about Parkinson’s disease which shocked me.

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Asking AskShan Again

July 20, 2025 | Bruce, Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Nutrition, Parkinson's Disease, Physical Exercise, Research | Bruce
oatmeal, porridge, strawberries, porridge, porridge, porridge, porridge, porridge

          ***************** Here’s a follow-up question that I submitted to AskShan, based on one of my questions to the bot last week. As before, my question

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The AI “Doctor” Will See You Now

July 13, 2025 | Bruce, Medications, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Parkinson's Disease, Physical Exercise, Research, World Parkinson Coalition | Bruce
Close-up of hands holding a smartphone displaying the ChatGPT application interface on the screen.

  New Parkinson’s Clinician:  AI Itself There’s a new “doctor” in town – and it’s entirely AI.  I found this out by reading a blog post on the World Parkinson

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Another Elephant in the Room – Shocking Poetry

July 5, 2025 | Enriched Environment, Other People's Stories, Parkinson's Disease, Poetry | Bruce

I just came across this poem by Galway Kinnell, and every time I read it I find it more and more shocking.  It’s been around for a couple of decades,

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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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