"Where Life Meets Parkinson's." A blog for Parkinson's education, research advances, treatment strategies, and personal reflection. The goal is to provide support and resources to anyone either with Parkinson's disease or with any neurodegenerative disorder.
"Live well, learn plenty, laugh often, love much." Ralph Waldo Emerson "He who has a why to live can bear almost any how." Friedrich Nietzsche **Introduction: Recently, I wrote a blog post entitled "A Checklist for Supporting Someone with Parkinson’s" (to read it click here). Briefly, I had been meeting people who had friends with …
"Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence." Abigail Adams "Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle." Christian D. Larson Introduction to the 5th World Parkinson Congress (WPC) in Kyoto, Japan from June 4-7, …
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"Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life." Golda Meir "Start where you are, use what you have." Arthur Ashe Introduction: Within 24 hours of arriving in Kyoto, Japan for the World Parkinson Congress (June 2019), I was asked by several people, "How did I …
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"Exercise: you don't have time not to" George A. Sheehan "It is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigor." Marcus Tullius Cicero A Mantra for Prescription for Parkinson's: Exercise is Medicine"With Parkinson’s, we need Dopamine.From Exercise, we make ‘Hopeamine.’If this is true, pick exercises you enjoy.Try to maximize your daily …
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"Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge." Carl Sagan "Imagination is more important than knowledge." Albert Einstein What is Manganese? Manganese is abbreviated by the symbol Mn and it is atomic number 25 (see Periodic Table of the Elements). Manganese is considered a transition metal, which is …
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"It is foolish to pluck out one's hair for sorrow, as if grief could be assuaged by baldness." Marcus Tullius Cicero "Anyone can be confident with a full head of hair. But a confident bald man - there's your diamond in the rough." Larry David Introduction: When you play golf, they frequently pair you up …
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"Symbiosis is a much higher reflection of intelligent life." Frederick Lenz "Why do we do basic research? To learn about ourselves." Walter Gilbert Overview: Reading the article entitled "Discovery and inhibition of an interspecies gut bacterial pathway for Levodopa metabolism" from V. Maini Rekdal et al., Science 364, eaau6323 (2019) (DOI: 10.1126/science.aau6323- open access) made …
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“I’ve always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn’t have a chance to win.” Arnold Palmer "The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done." Arnold Palmer Introduction: Golf is …
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"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” Joseph Addison "It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable." Socrates Introduction: After developing LSVT BIG® for her postdoctoral fellowship, Dr. Becky Farley went on and started/founded Parkinson Wellness Recovery® …
"Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it." Nicholas Sparks "Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning." Paulo Coelho 2019 Parkinson’s Awareness Month: To help support the month of Parkinson’s awareness, here are 9 posts from April-•2019 Parkinson’s Awareness Month- 12 Rules of …
Journey with Parkinson's 