My background is pretty typical for People with Parkinson’s – stressful life, poor food and lifestyle choices, some specific trauma and...

Late in 1983, while managing a health food shop close to Damian’s hospital, I met David Good. He came into the shop to buy lunch. His...

Here, below, is a link to a YouTube video of a short presentation delivered at the 2024 Bowen Therapists Federation of Australasia...

Dr George Ackerman, founder of Together For Sharon, a Parkinson’s awareness organisation, was gracious enough to interview me for his...

As my 81st birthday approaches in June 2024, I have spent time considering plans for my remaining years. It has become clear that I can...

On this first World Parkinson’s RECOVERY Day, we can begin a broad and open discussion of the real needs of those diagnosed, moving...

PARKINSON’S RECOVERY AWARENESS MONTH April is nominated as Parkinson’s Awareness Month, and media is inundated with posts, blogs,...

Here is a link to a podcast I recently recorded. This may be of interest for those diagnosed with Parkinson’s and/or those practitioners...

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being...

This is a typical TV Current Affairs story from 2015. Much of the story is inadequate or inaccurate, but it does give some glimpses of my...

Here is a podcast presented by the wonderful Daniel Baden in his series “A Patient Story”. This is a discussion of my story of recovery...

Now that I am about to celebrate my 80th birthday (in six days), I figure it’s time to develop a bucket list. Number one is always the...

JOHN COLEMAN Recovery from stage 4 Parkinson’s and early stage MSA Many people on many forums have asked what I did to recover from stage...

I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Parkinson’s (UPDRS 127) and Early-Stage Multisystem Atrophy in 1995 at 52 years of age. I pursued many...

Parkinson’s disease is considered, in conservative medical circles, to be a disease of dopamine deficiency. To date, there has been...

Abbreviations: WAM = Western Allopathic Medicine; CAM = Complementary/Alternative Medicine. Whenever we are faced with any sort of...

Diagnosis (from the Oxford Dictionary online): 1. the identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by examination of...

Why Do We Do Research? Why do we do or support medical and health research? What is the objective of spending large amounts of money,...

Autonomy, Justice, Beneficence, Non-Maleficence In today’s Western societies, it is assumed that all medical strategies, treatment and...

Polypharmacy may not be a word you use or hear every day, but everybody who regularly takes more than one pharmaceutical medicine is a...