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FOUR PILLARS
Autonomy, Justice, Beneficence, Non-Maleficence In today’s Western societies, it is assumed that all medical strategies, treatment and...
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Jul 26, 20228 min read


POLYPHARMACY. WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?
Polypharmacy may not be a word you use or hear every day, but everybody who regularly takes more than one pharmaceutical medicine is a...
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Jun 17, 20224 min read


IF STRESS IS THE PROBLEM, WHAT CAUSES STRESS?
There is no doubt that stress responses in our body can cause or exacerbate symptoms of illness. There is also little doubt that over...
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Jun 3, 20224 min read


A DISAPPOINTING APRIL
April was Parkinson’s Awareness Month (PAM) across the world. As I interact with many Parkinson’s groups, I waited, with baited breathe,...
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May 5, 20223 min read


PATHWAYS TO PARKINSON’S & WORLD PARKINSON’S DAY
April 2022 is Parkinson’s Awareness Month and Monday April 11th has been selected as World Parkinson’s Day. Once again, I have received a...
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Apr 5, 20223 min read


START WITH THE CAUSES
Parkinson’s disease is considered by most medical practitioners to be “idiopathic” – that is of no known cause. Despite well over a...
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Mar 10, 20223 min read


PINK1
Researchers at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research (WEHI) have been able to show the function of protein, PINK1, in...
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Jan 12, 20223 min read


THE TREE
We had a wonderful Eucalyptus nicholii tree in our front garden. It was over 20 metres high (60 feet), spread its boughs nearly as wide,...
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Nov 4, 20212 min read


THIS IS ME
Just to introduce myself :)
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Oct 14, 20211 min read


WHAT READERS SAY ABOUT “RETHINKING PARKINSON’S DISEASE”.
I’ve been recommending the book to others too. I really think it’s such a significant piece of work with the potential to help so many...
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Sep 28, 20212 min read


WHO ARE WE?
Who are we really? Are we People with Parkinson’s (PwP)? Are we a group of symptoms that may be uncomfortable, embarrassing or just...
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Sep 10, 20212 min read


LIFESTYLE EPISODE 2
HOW WE CHOOSE TO LIVE Western society offers an almost infinite number of distractions to draw us away from our focus on self-development...
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Aug 20, 20213 min read


LIFESTYLE - Episode 1
We hear many practitioners and presenters talking about lifestyle and what changes we should make to improve our health. When we think of...
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Jun 30, 20214 min read


NEW VERSIONS
EXCITING NEWS: Rethinking Parkinson's Disease is now available in FOUR new versions for those who may have difficulty in reading our...
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Jun 29, 20211 min read


STORMS
We all experience storms during our life. Sometimes these are literal storms such as we experienced just a few days ago. Extreme winds...
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Jun 19, 20212 min read


HOPE IS
Hope is necessary for our health. Without it, we become moribund, unmotivated, stagnant; in fact, hopeless. I have been accused of...
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May 26, 20212 min read


A LITTLE BOY’S WISDOM
I spent two days with my nearly-five-year-old grandson, Henry. A wonderful experience as meeting has been so difficult over the past...
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May 12, 20212 min read


PARKINSON'S DISEASE RESEARCH
April, Parkinson’s Awareness Month, is in its final week and I have received many emails and messages asking for donations to support...
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Apr 22, 20215 min read


RUBBISH - RUBBISH OUT
I am sure you have heard the phrase “we are what we eat”. I don't entirely agree with this, because there are many aspects to maintaining...
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Apr 20, 20214 min read


WORLD PARKINSON'S DAY
WORLD PARKINSON’S DAY World Parkinson's Day will be celebrated on 11th April 2021. This is part of Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month –...
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Apr 9, 20213 min read
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