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Real Talk from Patients

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


  • 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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  • Two Heroes, Thousands of Miles Apart, Step Up for PPMI

    Two Heroes, Thousands of Miles Apart, Step Up for PPMI

    This guest post comes to us from Foundation friend, Karen Jaffe, MD. Karen is an OB/GYN in Cleveland, Ohio, and a member of MJFF's Patient Council. She and her husband are both Team Fox members.
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  • Encouraging News for Parkinson's Patients Battling Depression

    Encouraging News for Parkinson's Patients Battling Depression

    Many with Parkinson’s experience depression, and it’s not just the kind of reactive depression felt by those learning of their diagnosis.
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