Alan Alda doing right thing staying active: M.A.S.H. actor, 82, reveals Parkinson’s diagnosis

Alan Alda and Parkinson's

EAST HAMPTON, NY – AUGUST 12: Alan Alda attends Authors Night 2017 At The East Hampton Library at The East Hampton Library on August 12, 2017 in East Hampton, New York. (Photo by Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for East Hampton Library)

Award-winning actor Alan Alda is doing a lot of the right things to treat Parkinson’s disease, a Harvard researcher said on the day the M.A.S.H. star broke the news of his troubling diagnosis.