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#Parkinson with Billy Connolly and David Attenborough on@BBCTwo from back in 1998 What a line up!!!! They don’t make them like that anymorepic.twitter.com/sullj2hE0M -
To think that on Saturday evenings we used to get this. Now we get the likes of Mrs Browns Boys.
#parkinson#michaelparkinson#parkinsonat50#billyconnolly#davidattenboroughpic.twitter.com/BgBFL58VAq
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Prof
@MichaelOkun is like a big barrel filled with incredibly rich knowledge and useful / practical advice about living with#Parkinson. Here is yet another example of some of his many good recommendations! https://twitter.com/MichaelOkun/status/1433044022625439759 …
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Around 15% of individuals with
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They throw the word GENIUS around way too much. However, when they threw it at Billy Connolly …. It stuck. That’s exactly what he is.
#billyconnolly#parkinson#ParkinsonAt50pic.twitter.com/4iEoCetmov
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Career highlight in 2010 with
@southwalesargus#Parkinson Stopped his public book signing to have a cuppa with a local reporter. pic.twitter.com/QEmeSBKLs9
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Promising outcomes with frameless radiosurgery for tremor and Parkinson's disease. At 6 months:
OTR 83%
Tremor reduction 41%
Reduction of functional decline 54%
Improved QOL 57%
No grade 3 toxicity
Congrats to the authors for this pilot study!!
#ablation#parkinson pic.twitter.com/j1j5VbYgkR
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Saw Billy Connolly & Parkinson trending.... It's OK, he's fine
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#Parkinson Watching the Michael Parkinson evening on BBC2 - episode with Connolly & Attenborough. Wonderful stuff, you forget what good viewing this was, live, unscripted interviews with fascinating people. Connolly’s face when Attenborough says ‘you’re wrong about pigeons..’ pic.twitter.com/gfQZWmjrEC
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An increased risk of getting
#Parkinson's include: pesticide exposure, head injuries, and living in the country or farming. -
Just watched the
#Parkinson retrospective from last night & the part where he spoke about the Jacob Bronowski interview & the extracts from that interview really moved me.
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#Parkinson’s disease patients who develop anxiety early in their disease are at risk for reduced physical activity, which promotes further anxiety and cognitive decline. http://ms.spr.ly/6014nCYE0 pic.twitter.com/aauVpelcaj
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‘BBC to repeat Parkinson every Saturday night in similar fashion as Top of the Pops on BBC4.’
#ParkinsonAt50#Parkinson pic.twitter.com/ojCMGApg3r
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This is like a “Top Bloke” convention. You’d have to go a long way to find another three who come close
What a line up.
#davidattenborough#billyconnolly#michaelparkinson#parkinson#ParkinsonAt50pic.twitter.com/2fX7REao3G
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#Parkinson’s disease: A#neurodegenerative disorder characterized by tremor, slowed movement, and speech changes due to the death of dopamine neurons located in the substantia nigra. -
Computers can detect
#Parkinson's disease with a simple video of the face. Just an example of how tech is going to enable us to catch all kinds of illness earlier and at lower cost. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41746-021-00502-8 … pic.twitter.com/MDm1QTr5Yo
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God I loved Dudley Moore, the BBC definitely needs to rebroadcast his interviews with Parkinson


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Watching
#Parkinson from 1997 with David Attenborough & Billy Connolly & impossible not to feel nostalgia for a more optimistic time -
The impacts of
#Parkinson's disease are also financial. The need for low-cost, effective treatments is greater than ever. Learn more from@ParkinsonDotOrg: https://www.parkinson.org/Understanding-Parkinsons/Statistics …pic.twitter.com/XdArmWPVqs
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