Just Exercise!
According to this recent article in Parkinson’s News Today, weight training is just as effective as strenuous aerobic exercise if you want to delay Parkinson’s progression. Lab experiments with mice […]
Long-Time Republican Parkie Nixes Jeb Bush’s Health Care Reform
The NY Times reports that Jeb Bush, if elected President, would repeal the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare. The article’s first paragraph immediately raises my hackles: Republican presidential candidate Jeb
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Not!
Eventually I’ll write a refined sonnet. In the meantime, bear with me as I learn from my many mistakes. Here’s a sophomoric meditation on anxiety. Great artwork once again from
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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Another Medication Update
My meds have changed slightly. Last week I visited my neurologist, who increased my Sinemet dosage to 4 pills a day instead of 3. Everything else is the same. I
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Would You Please Stop?
I’m sorry. I wrote another sonnet. My Secret Life When I’m healthy, I don’t feel so old. This happens when I work out often. I’d like to note I work
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The Parking Sun in a Friend’s Art
My friend, Lani Gerity Glanville, creates fantastic art via collage and photoshop. This piece has a parking sun in it, but you can view Lani’s entire and ever-growing collection here. Lani’s site
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Guide to Parkinson’s Symptoms
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research just published this Guide to Parkinson’s Symptoms. It covers the major motor symptoms (e.g., postural instability and tiny, illegible handwriting) as well as
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The Sun in Poetry
The Gift to Sing Sometimes the mist overhangs my path, And blackening clouds about me cling; But, oh, I have a magic way To turn the gloom to cheerful
What’s Wrong With This Picture?
Parkies are supposed to stay well-hydrated. That’s why I bought the large blue Contigo water bottle to take to work. I fill it with water and a spritz of
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