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Dr. David Blatt juggles while pedaling as a strategy for reversing the effects of Parkinson’s disease. Blatt attacks the degenerative nerve disorder with an innovative exercise program designed to stimulate his body’s production of nerve growth factors.

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Dr. David Blatt is one of those people who talks with his hands. Sitting in his office, he gets more and more animated as the conversation goes on, carving the air with sweeping motions of his right arm to emphasize his points.

His left arm can’t keep up. Its fingers grip his knee to still their trembling.

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