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What Marijuana Isn’t

May 13, 2018 | Medications, Michael J. Fox Foundation, Research | Bruce | 1 Comment

Although the jury is still out on whether medical marijuana offers real benefits for Parkies (mostly because the U.S. government classifies it as a dangerous Schedule 1 drug, alongside heroin […]

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Throwback Thursdays Art – w/ Update!

May 10, 2018 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Throwback Thursdays Art | Bruce | 4 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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Got DBS? Watch Out for Thunderstorms!

May 6, 2018 | Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Other People's Stories, Parkinson's Disease, Research | Bruce | 1 Comment

A recent report in the NY Times warns that people with electrodes implanted in their brain should be especially careful during thunderstorms, because if lightning strikes your building, you may

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Sunny Sundays!

May 6, 2018 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Sunny Sundays | Bruce

In celebration of all things sunny, and to promote an enriched environment, Parking Suns now features every Sunday a different YouTube music clip about the sun! For this week’s entry, we have Stevie Wonder on

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Announcing: 5th World Parkinson Congress Video Competition!

May 6, 2018 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Other People's Stories, Parkinson's Disease, World Parkinson Coalition | Bruce

The World Parkinson Congress will meet next year in Kyoto, Japan.  But they are holding a video competition, open to anyone affected by Parkinson’s (Parkies, care givers, doctors, researchers, family

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Please Contribute Your Message of Hope!

May 4, 2018 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Parkinson's Disease, World Parkinson Coalition | Bruce

The three women above are coordinating a special art project for next year’s World Parkinson Congress in Kyoto, Japan, and they seek your help! They are going to fold 10,000

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Throwback Thursdays Art – w/ Update!

May 3, 2018 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Throwback Thursdays Art | Bruce | 4 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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Parkinson’s Unity Walk – 2018

April 29, 2018 | Enriched Environment, Michael J. Fox Foundation, National Parkinson Foundation, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Parkinson Pantheon!, Parkinson's Disease, World Parkinson Coalition | Parky Raccoon | 1 Comment

Yesterday was the Parkinson’s Unity Walk in New York’s Central Park.  Did we go? Do you even have to ask? We rode the train down the Hudson River to Manhattan. 

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Sunny Sundays!

April 29, 2018 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Sunny Sundays | Bruce

In celebration of all things sunny, and to promote an enriched environment, Parking Suns now features every Sunday a different YouTube music clip about the sun! For this week’s entry, we have The Beach

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Forsythia: The Acrostic Poem

April 27, 2018 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Poetry | Bruce

Flowering member of the Olive family, whose bright yellow is Really such a welcome sight in early Spring that You can’t imagine going back in Time a few weeks and

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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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