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Showing posts from: April 2019

Parkinson’s Disease Month

The James Parkinson Tulip, official tulip representing Parkinson's Disease Awareness Month
The red and white tulip is the symbol for fighting Parkinson’s Disease.

Although April 11th is World Parkinson’s Disease (PD) Day, the entire month of April is Parkinson’s Disease Month with activities highlighting the progress against this debilitating disease robbing, at the very least, every one-hundredth child of their parent or grandparent.

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Worlds Most Massive Study: Five Diseases Reduced by Physical Activity, Excersize

Believe it or not, the absurdly-expansive claim about exercise in the heading even may be an understatement! No other study even comes close and it’s findings were unexpectedly clear: FIVE OF THE WORLDS TOP DISEASES ARE REDUCED BY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. Simple physical activity!

Literally, the counsel given to Adam and Eve: “by the sweat of thy brow thou shall eat thy bread” seems to have been a commandment and not just gardening instructions!
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