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Trailer | Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s

Preview: Season 25 Episode 14 | 30s  | Video has closed captioning.

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.

Aired: 04/08/24

Rating: NR

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