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Category: Parkinsons

April is a big month in the Parkinson's Disease community. We aim to make it smaller.

April is Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month. Yesterday was World Parkinson’s Day for 2021. This blog started almost nine years ago as a way to document how a relatively new diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease could and would affect someones everyday life activities. It’s morphed into something else, which I consider a good thing. That showed that... Read more »

By Howard Moore,
April 12, 2021 at 10:27 am •

Michael J. Fox outlived Rush Limbaugh. Is it karma?

Karma: the result of a person’s actions as well as the actions themselves. It is a term about the cycle of cause and effect. According to the theory of Karma, what happens to a person, happens because they caused it with their actions. I know quite a few people who believe in Karma. I remember almost five years ago... Read more »

By Howard Moore,
February 18, 2021 at 6:00 am •

Los Angeles Dodger baseball from 1988 to 2020: A lot of living takes place while you're waiting for the next championship

It was the summer of 1982. Between the brutal Chicago winters and the recent death of my father, I was worn down. I needed a change. I moved to the Los Angeles area. It was off to the land of swimming pools and movie stars. I didn’t know many people that first summer, so I spent... Read more »

By Howard Moore,
October 28, 2020 at 1:00 pm •

Jerry Sloan: A legacy of the Bulls, the Jazz and Parkinson's Disease

Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri. October 15, 1966. On this date, The Chicago Bulls played their first game as a franchise against the St. Louis Hawks. Playing one of the guard positions for the Bulls was Jerry Sloan. The final score was Chicago 104-St. Louis 97. Professional basketball in Chicago was back. The NBA in 1966... Read more »

By Howard Moore,
May 22, 2020 at 3:37 pm •

The Parkinson's Foundation Moving Day goes virtual

Albuquerque. Baltimore. Baton Rouge. Broward. Central NY. Charleston. Cleveland. DC. Dayton. Fresno. Kansas City. Lexington. Little Rock. Milwaukee. Nashville. Omaha. Orange County. Rhode Island. Sacramento. San Francisco. San Jose. South Alabama. Southeastern Pa. Tampa Bay. Twin Cities. Ventura County. Winston-Salem. What do these United States communities have in common? All of them were scheduled to... Read more »

By Howard Moore,
May 9, 2020 at 10:09 am •

April was Parkinson's Disease awareness month

Today is the final day of April. Thirty days that under our current living conditions have seemed like one hundred. Most of us are ready for April to end and move into May. We’re hopeful it will be better. April is also a huge month in our Parkinson’s community. It’s thirty days where PD is out... Read more »

By Howard Moore,
April 30, 2020 at 10:50 am •

Ozzy Osbourne has Parkinson's Disease: Will he be able to perform his music?

“I feel better now that I’ve owned up to the fact that I have a case of Parkinson’s. And I just hope (my fans) hang on and they’re there for me because I need them.”~Ozzy Osbourne When you hear the words Parkinson’s Disease, you first think of tremors. Yes, in many cases that’s what defines... Read more »

By Howard Moore,
January 22, 2020 at 8:32 am •

It was a great evening at The Kennedy Center Honors for the Parkinson's community

“The Kennedy Center celebrates icons who, through their artistry, have left an indelible stamp on our collective cultural consciousness” ~David Rubenstein, Kennedy Center Chairman Each year the Kennedy Center, honors the best in the arts. This years honorees are Linda Ronstadt, Sally Field, Sesame Street, Michael Tilson Thomas and the band “Earth, Wind and Fire.”... Read more »

By Howard Moore,
December 16, 2019 at 5:30 am •

Israel's revolutionary Parkinson's surgery shows they are at the forefront of medical advancements...again!

If you had a disease that was threatening your way of life, where would you go? Mayo Clinic? John Hopkins? Toronto General? Maybe you should head to Haifa’s Rambam Hospital, in Israel….and no maybes about it. Israel has been doing some amazing work in researching and finding answers to medical questions. Their work in trying to find... Read more »

By Howard Moore,
October 14, 2019 at 10:37 am •

Moving Day-Chicago 2019: A new location, but the the cause remains the same

After years of being in Lincoln Park, it was nice to see this sign to let me know I was in the right place. Thanks for the welcome.

Sunday was Chicago’s annual Moving Day walk. Sponsored by The Parkinson Foundation, the money raised helps fund programs to make the lives of people living with Parkinson’s Disease better. The location has been changed to the Soldier Field/Museum Campus area, but everything else remains the same….just bigger and better. Here’s a look at the some... Read more »

By Howard Moore,
October 8, 2019 at 5:29 am •

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