Cycling with Parkinson’s disease

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A doctor in the Netherlands has discovered that some people who suffer severe symptoms of Parkinson’s disease can ride a bicycle with relative ease. Marco Werman speaks with Dr. Bastiaan Bloem of the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center in Nijmegen. Download MP3

• BBC info on Parkinson’s disease
• Video at New England Journal of Medicine
• Michael J Fox Foundation