Actor Alan Alda, in going public with his Parkinson’s disease, wants to take away the stigma with the disease. He said he is keeping active by playing tennis, boxing and marching.
About 1 million people in the United States live with Parkinson’s, a neurological disease with no known cure that affects mobility. Suzanne Taitingfong has reduced Parkinson's effect on her life by putting on boxing gloves.
The Arlington garage, transformed into a gym, greets visitors’ noses and eyes almost simultaneously. A whiff of sweat hangs amid a patchwork of boxing posters covering the walls.
Developing next-generation technologies to restore memory is the goal of a new, multi-center $22.5 million, four-year effort. The project, which is in support of President Obama’s BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnolo
