Bicycling makes good therapy for people with Parkinson's

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From the New England Journal of Medicine

Did anyone else wonder if this was too amazing to be true (particularly when it dropped on April 1st)?  The New York Times reports on a man with end-stage Parkinson's Disease-- a debilitating neurological condition brought to greater public awareness by advocates like Michael J. Fox-- who rides a bike.  But not who just can ride a bike. He rides, according to the doctor, "miles and miles."

From the Michael J. Fox Foundation's website, there seems to be other support for bicycling as good therapy for Parkinson's, including a short piece on tandem riding.

The NYT video is pretty inspiring.  Another score for those who think that bicycling is magic.

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Screen capture from the New York Times video