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My FIGHT with PD Book A neurologist’s inspiring memoir of resilience and hope after Parkinson’s diagnosis. $5 from every book sold will be donated to Parkinson’s WA. Buy Now Product description My FIGHT with PD: A Neurologist with Parkinson's Disease by Professor David Blacker is a candid and inspiring memoir of resilience, transformation, and hope. When…

Muhammad Ali standing over Sonny Liston in their 1965 bout. Credit: The Nightly Muhamad Ali is iconic. Few wear that tag. But there are two clear images of the greatest ever fighter. One is of an athlete so supreme, his white shorts dancing around the ring like a matador’s cape. His black boots moving so fast…

A unique WA boxing program is being hailed as a weapon that could deliver a knock-out blow to Parkinson’s disease. In a world-first scientific trial 10 West Australians living with PD used the “Fightmaster” machine designed by Northbridge identity and champion boxer Rai Fazio, producing results that has one of the State’s leading neurologists raving…

A unique collaboration between former national and Golden Gloves Champion and well known boxing trainer, Rai Fazio, and Neurologist, Professor David Blacker has led to the formation of an exercise program for Parkinson’s now available for in person training in Perth, and in an on-line format. The program is based upon the “Feasibility of instituting…