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An early Spring, this year

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This February has seen no scenes like the one above (Feb. 15, 2021) where we saw over 6 inches of snow and sub freezing temperatures for about two weeks. Thousands of people lost power, and I don’t want to look up how many died from the pre-20th Century conditions to which they were not conditioned or prepared to deal with.

However, thanks to Global Warming, this Winter has been warm, for the most part. So we’ve seen some early blooms, one of which always persists, is the Ten-Petal Anemone. This bloom is white, but the species can vary from white through pinkish to violet. (An artist might differ with my choice of descriptive colors).

And here’s an unopened Anemone berlandieri from the violet end of the spectrum.

What are these doing in the Bob’s Brain: Living well with PD and other co-morbidities blog?

  • Bob’s brain mistakenly failed to switch to the Back to the natives: Native plants are the answer before beginning the draft, or
  • Bob’s brain has other interests in his life other than an incurable, progressive,  degenerative neurological disease,
  • or both of the above… whatever answer you choose, you won’t go wrong.

Oh well, might as well end with a song:

https://youtu.be/sxoTWy0bTXo?si=NmKkd0bLzysH8ZSO

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The link between environmental chemicals and Parkinson’s

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Jane Brody of the New York Times wrote a recent review of a new book, co-written by several experts in the field of neurology. These include Dr. Ray Dorsey, neurologist at the University of Rochester; Todd Sherer, neuroscientist with the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research; Dr. Michael S. Okun, neurologist at my other hometown at the University of Florida; and Dr. Bastiaan R. Bloem, neurologist at Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center in the Netherlands.

The book titled “Ending Parkinson’s Disease” calls the occurrence of PD a “man-made pandemic” with references to to many studies that show the high correlation of PD to the exposure to toxic chemicals on farms and in the workplace, as well as animal studies in which PD symptoms were replicated.

Here’s one YouTube video about the book:

Brief overview of the book of Ending Parkinson’s Disease

And here’s a forty minute Zoom presentation by Dr. Michael Okun at the University of Florida on the book’s topics. (unfortunately, there are distracting sounds from participants/attendees who didn’t mute their microphones):

Ending Parkinson’s Disease with Dr. Michael Okun

My next action will be to order the book.

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