On this episode, we explore the benefits of laughter as therapy, using improv performance as a testing ground. Continue reading
Diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in May 2014, Williams was suffering severe symptoms of what would later be determined as Lewy body dementia. Continue reading
It’s an invasive procedure which implants electrodes deep in the brain. So what are the benefits of DBS? Continue reading
On this ‘Extra Dosage’ episode of ‘When Life Gives You Parkinson’s,’ Larry Gifford speaks with his neurologist and movement disorder specialist Dr. Jonathan Squires. Continue reading
On this episode of When Life Gives You Parkinson’s, we talk about Parkinson’s and smell. When Joy was 16-years old, she fell in love with Leslie. Back then, he smelled good. “He had a wonderful male musk smell,” she says. Dr. and Mrs. Leslie and Joy Milne were later married. Les became a consultant… Continue reading
On this ‘Extra Dosage’ episode, we take you to the first in a series of events presented by the Michael J. Fox Foundation called Parkinson’s IQ + You. Continue reading
“This was something we could do to show our support,” said Anthony Kerkman. Continue reading
‘I have moments nearly every day when I try to make people feel better about my diagnosis,’ Larry Gifford says. ‘I always thought it was supposed to be the other way around.’ Continue reading
In this Extra Dosage episode of When Life Gives You Parkinson’s, Larry Gifford talks to his neurologist and peppers him with questions about the disease. Continue reading
Hundreds gathered at Meewasin Park in Saskatoon on Sunday for the annual Parkinson SuperWalk. Continue reading