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Real Talk from Patients

Members of The Michael J. Fox Foundation community share their experiences with Parkinson's.


  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Unveils National Plan for Alzheimer's

    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Unveils National Plan for Alzheimer's

    Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius today unveiled specific elements of the National Alzheimer's Project Act (NAPA).
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  • All These People, Working for Us

    All These People, Working for Us

    Guest blogger Peter Burne is a member of the Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI). Peter shares his impressions from a recent meeting.
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  • Dealing with Dyskinesia as Best You Can: One Couple’s Story

    Dealing with Dyskinesia as Best You Can: One Couple’s Story

    Since her Parkinson’s diagnosis in 2005, Nancy Kaminsky and her husband, Rich, have been “putting one foot in front of the other,” she says.
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  • VIDEO: Bike Riding Helps Parkinson's Patients Ease Their Symptoms

    VIDEO: Bike Riding Helps Parkinson's Patients Ease Their Symptoms

    Patient Council and Team Fox member Dr. Karen Jaffe of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, shares how bike riding improves the symptoms of Parkinson's.
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  • Beach Brigade Walks to Cure Parkinson's

    Beach Brigade Walks to Cure Parkinson's

    This guest post comes from Mark Siegel, President of the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Parkinson Disease Association.
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  • Brian Baehr: "I decided to focus on living."

    Brian Baehr: "I decided to focus on living."

    Team Fox Mentor and co-founder of the Baehr Challenge; Brian Baehr, offers us a glance at his life with Parkinson’s disease.
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