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Health & Beauty Tip # 13 : The art of caregiving by Dr. De Leon

“Do what you can to show you care about other people, and you will make our world a better place.“- Rosalynn Carter Today, I am writing about a topic that has gotten me so enraged, I could no longer keep quiet. Few blogs ago, I started to mention the difficulties navigating a marriage when aContinue reading “Health & Beauty Tip # 13 : The art of caregiving by Dr. De Leon”

Health & Beauty Tips #12: Creativity & Parkinson’s Disease by Dr. De Leon

“Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way!” -Edward de Bono The biggest challenged we all face in living with this illness is the disconnection that occurs gradually between our of minds and our bodies! How do you survive? Much less thrive in a world designedContinue reading “Health & Beauty Tips #12: Creativity & Parkinson’s Disease by Dr. De Leon”

Los Tulipanes Rojos : Símbolo de Esperanza y Expresión Artística Por La Dra. De Leon

Al prepararnos nuevamente para celebrar el tercer Congreso Mundial del Parkinson hacemos honor a todos aquellos que viven y luchan con la enfermedad diariamente. Este evento se llevara a cabo el mes de octubre del dia primero al 4 en la ciudad de Montreal. Hay se reuniran las mejores mentes scientificas y clinicas al igualContinue reading “Los Tulipanes Rojos : Símbolo de Esperanza y Expresión Artística Por La Dra. De Leon”

Movie Review of “Awakenings” : by Dr. De Leon

“What lies behind us & what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what LIVES WITHIN us.”- Henry David Thoreau I had the chance to watch AWAKENINGS (PG13) for the second time not long ago. I realized that my life had come full circle in the nearly 20 years, that had passed betweenContinue reading “Movie Review of “Awakenings” : by Dr. De Leon”

Health & Beauty Tip # 9 : Unveiling the truth behind Visual Problems in Parkinson’s Disease – By Dr. De Leon

At least 2 years before my Parkinson’s diagnosis, I began experiencing difficulty with night vision particularly in depth perception which progressively got worst thus making driving at night not only increasingly more cumbersome but also more hazardous. Of course being a neurologist my mind went immediately to a differential diagnosis including rare disorders like Refsum’sContinue reading “Health & Beauty Tip # 9 : Unveiling the truth behind Visual Problems in Parkinson’s Disease – By Dr. De Leon”

Love & Parkinson’s: by Dr. De Leon

Today on this day of love and friendship I want to remind everyone about the power of LOVE in our lives- as it is the biggest intrinsic dopamine producer of our brains!!! We all know that feeling of being completely head over heels with someone and feeling on top of the world, unable to eat or sleep,Continue reading “Love & Parkinson’s: by Dr. De Leon”

Health & Beauty Tip #5: When livin’ with Parkinson’s or just plain livin’ -Do the good you can.. by Dr. De Leon

Rule # 4 : Life is all about how you handle plan B A lot of you might be feeling frustrated, bitter, angry, sad or just plain anxious because prior to this so called Parkinson’s disease so many of you like myself had big dreams, ambitions and hopes for a different life than the oneContinue reading “Health & Beauty Tip #5: When livin’ with Parkinson’s or just plain livin’ -Do the good you can.. by Dr. De Leon”