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Season 25 Episode 14: Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s

In Matter of Mind: My Parkinson's, three people navigate their lives with resourcefulness and determination in the face of a degenerative illness, Parkinson’s disease. An optician pursues deep brain stimulation surgery; a mother raising a pre-teen daughter becomes a boxing coach and an advocate for exercise; and a cartoonist contemplates how he will continue to draw as his motor control declines.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

28

Episodes:

543

Cast:

Stanley Tucci

Quality:

HD

Duration:

55 min

First Air:

1999

Rating:

6.6