parkinson's disease

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parkinson's disease

Understanding Parkinson's disease

[a self help guide]
1999
A self-help guide to Parkinson's disease, discussing the major symptoms, stages, possible causes, and diagnosis of the disease; considering the emotional side of Parkinson's; offering advice on how to choose and communicate with a doctor; and looking at treatment options, exercise, day-to-day coping, caregivers, and research.

The corrections

2010
After almost fifty years as a wife and mother, Enid Lambert is ready to have some fun, but the members of her dysfunctional family make it difficult.

I'll hold your hand so you won't fall

a child's guide to Parkinson's Disease
2005
Presents an introduction to Parkinson's disease for children, in simple text with illustrations, describing its conditions, its symptoms, and how it affects people in their daily lives.

Michael J. Fox

Parkinson's disease research advocate
2009
Presents an introduction to actor Michael J. Fox, focusing on how he uses his celebrity to raise awareness and money to fund research to find a cure for Parkinson's disease, a movement disorder Fox was diagnosed with at the age of thirty.

Lucky man

a memoir
2002
A memoir in which actor Michael J. Fox shares the story of his life, discussing his childhood in Canada, his career in show business, his marriage and family, and his struggle with Parkinson's disease.

Parkinson's disease

2012
Looks at Parkinson's disease, examining the ways in which it develops, its symptoms and diagnosis, the effects it has on a person's daily life, and research toward finding better treatments.

Michael J. Fox

2013
Looks at the life and career of actor Michael J. Fox, discussing his successful acting career, his family, his optimistic attitude, his struggles to deal with the challenges of Parkinson's disease, and his work to find a cure.

Parkinson's disease

2001
Describes Parkinson's disease, including the history of its discovery and profiles of those who survive and cope with it.

The corrections

2002
In this satirical look at the American family, a Midwestern mother named Enid, whose husband is losing his mind to Parkinson's disease and whose grown, self-destructive children are facing their own problems, attempts to arrange a happy family Christmas.

The happiness of pursuit

a father's courage, a son's love and life's steepest climb
2011
American cyclist Davis Phinney discusses his cycling career, his battle with Parkinson's disease, and his son's emerging career in bike racing.

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