We Float!
Last weekend, Parky, the official mascot of the World Parkinson Congress, sat on the swimming pool deck at John Jay College in Manhattan, while his friend with Parkinson’s, Bruce Ballard, […]
Throwback Thursdays Art
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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Still More Football Concussion Sadness
Today’s NY Times has two articles about NFL players who went on to develop serious neurological problems as a result of repeated blows to the head (concussion and sub-concussive impacts)
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Conductor James Levine Keeps It Up
According to today’s NY Times, James Levine, the famous conductor and music director of the Metropolitan Opera, has Parkinson’s disease (and a slew of other health issues), but he’ll continue to
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Yetta Nother Meds Update
During a recent visit with my neurologist, she increased my dose of Sinemet by adding another pill per day. Here’s how everything stands now. (I hope I’m recording the dosage amounts from the
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The Moon in Poetry
Aware Slowly the moon is rising out of the ruddy haze, Divesting herself of her golden shift, and so Emerging white and exquisite; and I in amaze See in the
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Throwback Thursdays Art
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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More Football Concussion Sadness
As my regular readers know, I’ve blogged quite a bit about how football players develop Parkinson’s disease and other neurological issues as a result of the frequent concussions and related
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A Lot to Digest!
The Michael J. Fox Foundation just published a pamphlet on how to eat if you have Parkinson’s, and what to consider vis-à-vis your food and your medications. Click here (Parkinson’s and Diet),
Parky Puns Another Poem!
Parky, renowned world traveler, loves to fly. He skyped about his globe-trotting penchant with fellow poet Robert Frost, who, in light of the upcoming World Parkinson Congress, gave Parky permission to
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