"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.
“December is the time for remembering the past and reaching toward the future.” Ralph Waldo Emerson “Welcome winter. Your late dawns and chilled breath make me lazy, but I love you nonetheless.” Terri Guillemets Introduction: As we start the holiday season, for anyone with Parkinson's, it could be either the best of times or the …
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"What does the frontal cortex do? Gratification postponement, executive function, long-term planning, and impulse control. Basically, it makes you do the harder thing." Robert M. Sapolsky "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail." Benjamin Franklin NOTE ADDED IN REVISION: Recently, I posted a blog titled "Science Sunday: Executive Function in Parkinson’s" (click here). …
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"What does the frontal cortex do? Gratification postponement, executive function, long-term planning, and impulse control. Basically, it makes you do the harder thing." Robert M. Sapolsky "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail." Benjamin Franklin Introduction: I have been away from blog writing for too many weeks. For a while, it was the …
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"You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it." Maya Angelou "Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by." …
"The Eyes are the window to your soul." William Shakespeare "The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is." Khalid Gibran Introduction: Parkinson's creates havoc in many areas of our bodies. This month, I had two rounds of surgery to remove cataracts (cloudy lenses). There …
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"Don't find fault, find a remedy." Henry Ford "Avoid a remedy that is worse than the disease." Aesop Précis: Turmeric, ginger, and Ceylon cinnamon have been used for centuries in Ayurvedic medicine. Here, I will briefly review the ancient practice of Ayurvedic medicine, the known activities of the biologically active substances in turmeric, ginger, and …
"I never think of the future - it comes soon enough." Albert Einstein "We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future." George Bernard Shaw Describing Some of the Science Behind Using Supplements to Treat Parkinson's: There are many ways to start and defend this section. …
"Today is the first day of the rest of your life." Abbie Hoffman "Your life is a work of art that you will work on the rest of your life." Richard Blanco Introduction: The year is closing in on us, one for the record books; a year like no other, it would seem. The Pandemic …
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"In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain." Pliny the Elder "Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty." Jacob Bronowski Précis: There are many motor and non-symptoms in Parkinson's, which gives us our own individual expression pattern of this chronic neurodegenerative disease. A common thread we share is linked …
"Your brain - every brain - is a work in progress. It is 'plastic.' From the day we're born to the day we die, it continuously revises and remodels, improving or slowly declining, as a function of how we use it." Michael Merzenich "The root of all health is in the brain. The trunk …
Journey with Parkinson's 