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Floyd Steadman OBE – an inspiration
Floyd Steadman blazed his own trail in 1980s rugby. A black scrum-half at a time when that was considered unusual, he became captain of Saracens and a key player for one of the sport’s traditional powerhouses. But before he even set eyes on a rugby ball, Floyd had overcome – and continued to overcome –…
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Think Loud
“When your legs don’t work like they used to before”. Never has a song lyric been more true. Its the start of an Ed Sheeran song called Thinking Out Loud. This came to me as I was inspired by a different song, “Think LOUD for Parkinson’s” from LSVT LOUD® a speech treatment which I have been…
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To the Max !!
Max Lugavere is a normal guy who was worried about his (not old) mother. He sought medical help when he noticed her suffering from dementia type slips of the mind. He could get no sense from the doctors. What did he do? He started to research how he could help his mother at an early…
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Alzheimer’s or “Type 3 Diabetes”
As a result of the advancement of my Parkinson’s, I am doing everything I can to prevent the other big neurological horror which is perhaps looming and that is Alzheimer’s Disease. A few facts… In which case, say some very respected medics, preventing Alzheimer’s could be easier than we think. In this respect Dr Dale…
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⚡️Breaking News ⚡️
UK Government and Love of the Game announce new concussion guidelines Rugby legend Simon Shaw, heads up the campaign to avert the dangers of concussion in sport. See his interview in The Times. Simon’s charity Love of the Game (LOTG) works with Government, Medics and researchers to find ways to prevent immediate and long term…
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“Eat, Move, Sleep, Smile”
Dr William Li’s summary of how to live 20 years longer. Yes TWENTY years longer. Well into your 90’s in really vibrant health. William W. Li, MD, is an internationally renowned Harvard-trained medical doctor, researcher, and president and a founder of the Angiogenesis Foundation. His groundbreaking work has impacted more than seventy diseases including cancer,…
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EASTER ENERGY ⚡️
The Easter Bunny has rather more bounce in its legs than I do after more than a decade of Parkinson’s but I can hold my own in other ways! Cell Renewal Easter is about renewal, and my focus in the last 3 years has been on exactly that. Cell renewal. Looking to stave off the…
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Bloody Worth It !
Four more of the 12 ways to reduce dementia basically come down to what you eat and how that affects your BLOOD and vascular system. Professor Jonathan Schott, chief medical officer at Alzheimer’s Research UK, said that only 30% of people know they can take action to reduce the risk of dementia in later life.…
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DON’T JUST TURN UP THE TV !!
If you have hearing loss, you have a greater chance of developing dementia, according to a 2020 Lancet commission report that lists hearing loss as one of the top risk factors for dementia. Hearing loss doesn’t just mean you need to turn up the TV. It means take it seriously, get tested and if you need hearing aids,…
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Hangover cure may be Parkinson’s Miracle
For those that don’t know her, I’ll introduce you to Sally one day. She has just arrived in Kenya, and as good as it is to see her, what I wanted first was to empty the contents of her suitcase. She has been my mule 😂 transporting high dose Vitamin B1 Thiamine capsules from the…