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Throwback Thursdays Art – w/ Update!

September 14, 2017 | 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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The Sun in Poetry (Shadow, Lustre)

September 3, 2017 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Poetry | Bruce

Sketch The shadows of the ships Rock on the crest In the low blue lustre Of the tardy and the soft inrolling tide. A long brown bar at the dip

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Sunny Sundays!

September 3, 2017 | 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! Today we listen to an a cappella

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Human Stem Cells Seem to Cure Parkinson’s in Monkeys

September 2, 2017 | Parkinson's Disease, Research | Bruce | 3 Comments

According to an article in Scientific American, researchers in Japan have successfully used human stem cells to fight Parkinson’s disease in monkeys.  The stem cells came not from human embryos, but

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Swimming Lake George – 2017

August 29, 2017 | Bruce, Enriched Environment, Gay - LGBTQ, Michael J. Fox Foundation, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Parkinson's Disease, Parky, Physical Exercise, World Parkinson Coalition | Bruce | 2 Comments

This past weekend I swam a 2.5 kilometer (1.5 mile) open water race in Lake George, New York, to raise funds for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.

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On Vacation!

August 20, 2017 | Bruce, Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes | Bruce

I’m taking a break for the next two weeks and probably won’t post again until the first week of September. However, one never knows…do one?

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Throwback Thursdays Art – w/ Update!

August 18, 2017 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Throwback Thursdays Art | Bruce | 3 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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Sunny Sundays!

August 14, 2017 | 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! Today we pay tribute to Glen Campbell, who

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Swimming the Hudson River

August 14, 2017 | Bruce, Enriched Environment, Michael J. Fox Foundation, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Parkinson's Disease, Parky, Physical Exercise, World Parkinson Coalition | Bruce | 1 Comment

Today, with the support of Parky 1, Parky 2 and Parky 3, I swam across the Hudson River from the city of Newburgh to the town of Beacon.  Newburgh and

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What Position Do You Sleep In? It Matters!

August 11, 2017 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Parkinson's Disease | Bruce | 1 Comment

What position do you sleep in?  Apparently, it makes a difference. If you scroll to the bottom of this HuffPost article about sleep, you should see a video titled, “How

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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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