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June 2, 2019 – Parkinson’s Weekly Update
Weekly Update - Highlights include: World Parkinson Congress 2019 heads to Kyoto, Japan for the epic battle of "Parkinson's Disease vs. Chopsticks - Will We Go Home Hungry?"; focused ultrasound and PD; NIH awards $3 million grant for 5-year PD exercise study; deteriorating financial skills, dementia and brain plaques; hockey pucks for Parkinson's; inspiring people with PD; how DBS changes lives for the better; does PD cause low testosterone or is it something else; PD exercise programs in the news and more ...
Parkinson’s vs. Chopsticks – World Parkinson Congress 2019
As the Parkinson’s community prepares to convene in Kyoto next week for #WPC2019 (World Parkinson Congress 2019), my observation for today is that there is one tradition of Asian cultures that is not particularly Parkinson’s friendly or accommodating ... chopsticks. People with Parkinson’s in this part of the world must have serious challenges with traditional meals. The western world’s “Parkinson’s vs. the soup spoon” is trivial in comparison and hardly seems worth complaining about. I’ll be curious if there is any increased awareness of this issue in Kyoto next week. We’re visiting Beijing and Tokyo enroute to Kyoto. Tonight’s dinner ...