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Lounging at the Waldorf: Broadway Throwback

November 17, 2015 | Bruce, Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes | Bruce | 1 Comment

I had such a great, inspiring time at the Michael J. Fox Foundation research roundtable at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel this weekend that I couldn’t resist posting this segment from […]

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Lounging at the Waldorf: Parkinson’s Research Update

November 16, 2015 | Bruce, Medications, Michael J. Fox Foundation, Parkinson Pantheon!, Parkinson's Disease, Research | Bruce | 1 Comment

I was fortunate to attend a Parkinson’s research roundtable at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Manhattan this weekend, sponsored by the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. Here are

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The Sun in Poetry

November 13, 2015 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Poetry | Bruce

In a Breath To the Williamson Brothers High noon. White sun flashes on the Michigan Avenue asphalt. Drum of hoofs and whirr of motors. Women traipsing along in flimsy clothes

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Throwback Thursdays Art

November 12, 2015 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Throwback Thursdays Art | Bruce | 10 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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Can You Drive With Parkinson’s?

November 11, 2015 | Bruce, Michael J. Fox Foundation, National Parkinson Foundation, Parkinson's Disease | Bruce | 3 Comments

I recently posted a sonnet that I wrote after I passed my annual driving test.  One of my blog’s frequent viewers, Beverly, asked the following: Is the driving test required by

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Coming Out at Work

November 8, 2015 | Bronx Charter School for Better Learning, Bruce, Michael J. Fox Foundation, Other People's Stories, Parkinson's Disease | Bruce | 1 Comment

The Michael J. Fox Foundation once again came out with a great document…this time about coming out at work with your PD diagnosis.  To download, click here: Sharing Your PD

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Update: Greg Grindley’s Brain Surgery

November 7, 2015 | Other People's Stories, Parkinson's Disease | Bruce | 1 Comment

About two weeks ago, I blogged about the upcoming, live-on-TV brain surgery that fellow Parkie Greg Grindley was about to undergo on the National Geographic channel. Mental Floss, the publication that

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What’s Wrong With This Picture?

November 7, 2015 | Bruce, Bruce's Meds, Medications, Other People's Stories, Parkinson's Disease | Bruce | 1 Comment

If you need to carry around in your purse or backpack the pills you must take over the course of a day, beware of products like this.  I bought this

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Lewy Body Update

November 7, 2015 | Bruce, Medications, Michael J. Fox Foundation, Other Diseases, Other People's Stories, Parkinson's Disease | Bruce

I may have jumped to conclusions too quickly yesterday when I criticized Robin Williams’ wife’s statements about his suicide.  Part of the problem was that the tabloid newspapers I took

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Driving Test:  Relieved, Exhausted

November 6, 2015 | Bruce, Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Parkinson's Disease, Poetry, Sonnets | Bruce | 1 Comment

A major source of anxiety over the past month has been the driving test I take every year to confirm I can still drive safely as a Parkie.  Last year

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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!

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