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DBS Updates: Now Used for Depression, Too

May 20, 2017 | Michael J. Fox Foundation, National Parkinson Foundation, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Other People's Stories, Parkinson's Disease, World Parkinson Coalition | Bruce | Leave a Comment

DBS, or Deep Brain Stimulation, has been an option for treating Parkinson’s disease since the late 1980s.  Basically, surgeons drill two holes in your skull and insert tiny wires into […]

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Throwback Thursdays Art – w/ Update!

May 17, 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!

May 14, 2017 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Sunny Sundays | Bruce | Leave a Comment

In celebration of all things sunny, Parking Suns now features every Sunday a different YouTube music clip about the sun! This week it’s back to the original Disney movie, “Beauty and the Beast,”

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Parkinson’s Disease Helps Save a Marriage – And Its Sex Life…

May 14, 2017 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Other People's Stories, Parkinson's Disease | Bruce | Leave a Comment

…although not in the way you’d expect. This week’s New York Times has a long article on open marriages, and the main couple that the article discusses are Daniel and

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The Perennial Closet + Yet Another Symptom

May 13, 2017 | Bronx Charter School for Better Learning, Bruce, Parkinson's Disease, Research | Bruce | Leave a Comment

Here’s something that happened to me this week. I work in a public charter school in the Bronx, and I was in a 5th Grade science class while the children

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Throwback Thursdays Art – w/ Update!

May 11, 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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Young Onset Parkies In the News

May 7, 2017 | Medications, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Other People's Stories, Parkinson's Disease, Physical Exercise | Bruce | Leave a Comment

Here are two contrasting stories of Young Onset Parkies in the recent news. 1.  Top Reader Response in This Week’s New York Times Chris, in San Francisco, wrote a reader

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Sunny Sundays!

May 7, 2017 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Sunny Sundays | Bruce | Leave a Comment

In celebration of all things sunny, Parking Suns now features every Sunday a different YouTube music clip about the sun! This week it’s back-to-back with last week’s singer and performance group:  The Jive

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More Helpful Links

May 6, 2017 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Nutrition | Bruce | Leave a Comment

Last week I posted a bunch of helpful links under the title “Preparing to Be – Or to Care For – a Special Needs Senior.”  The resources came to me courtesy

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Throwback Thursdays Art – w/ Update!

May 4, 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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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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