Dr Yoon Irons (Nov 2021): Singing
We had a Branch Blether with Dr Yoon Irons, on Wednesday 17th November at 11am. Yoon is a research fellow in arts and health at University of Derby. She is…
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Branch Blether 3rd Feb 2021: Genevieve Geffriaud
We welcomed Genevieve Geffriaud to our online Blether, on Wednesday 3rd February. Genevieve, who has Parkinson’s, lives in France and met Alison Williams online on a recent international dance project.…
Book Blether: Book Suggestions
We had a super inaugural meeting, with many great suggestions for books to read. A real mixture of themes, so something for everyone. Below is a synopsis of the suggestions. …
Branch Blether Synopsis
Our first online Branch Blether took place on Wednesday 9th September 2020. While the numbers were not as high as we had hoped, it was a great success and those…
When the Going Gets Tough 2018 Presentation
It was recently brought to our attention that we had omitted to archive the presentation by Dr Richard J Davenport DM FRCP Edin, Consultant Neurologist, Western General Hospital, which he…
Six myths about Parkinson’s Disease and why they are untrue
On Saturday 27th April members of the Edinburgh Research Interest Group were entertained and informed by a talk from Dr David Breen, a newly appointed neurology consultant in the Western…