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NY Times article by Jane Brody in 2015 prompted Alan Alda to go to neurologist because he had been acting out his dreams.

Alan Alda Interview

Alan Alda revealed he has Parkinson’s disease on CBS This Morning on July 31, 2018. Several points resonated with me.

He has had a full life since his diagnosis three and one-half years ago.
He acknowledged that it is common to go to the worst thought. But in the beginning to be immobilized by fear is the worst thing you can do.
Alda has approached his diagnosis with an optimistic, can do attitude.
He looks at the disease like a puzzle. He considers what he has to do to adapt to it and to carry on life.
One of those things is to keep moving.

Science Friday Podcast-Ira Flatow with Alan Alda 8-3-18

Alan Alda Opens Up About His Parkinson’s Disease

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Parkinson’s disease (PD) is now the world’s fastest growing brain disorder, moving ahead of Alzheimer’s. More than 10 million men and women live with Parkinson’s world-wide. An estimated 60,000 new cases pf PD are reported annually in the United States. Over the past 25 years, the number of people with Parkinson’s has more than doubled. At this rate, the number will double again in the coming generation. The number of Americans with PD has increased by 35% in the last 10 years alone. One in 15 will get Parkinson’s. Men are one and a half times more likely to be diagnosed with PD than women. Most people with PD are older than 65.

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Videos

NY Times article by Jane Brody in 2015 prompted Alan Alda to go to neurologist because he had been acting out his dreams.

Alan Alda Interview

Science Friday Podcast-Ira Flatow with Alan Alda 8-3-18

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