parkinson's disease

     

Parkinson's isease (also known as Parkinson disease or PD) is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that often impairs the sufferer's motor skills and speech, as well as other functions.

Trivia about parkinson's disease

  • Muhammad Ali & Michael J. Fox have gone to Capitol Hill to speak about this disease
  • In a 1998 issue of People magazine, Michael J. Fox revealed that he had been diagnosed with this disease
  • L-DOPA treats the tremors, spasms & poor muscle control associated with this neurological disease
  • First described by an English physician in 1817, this disease is marked by tremors of the hands
  • Due to Mr. X's long battle with this, the obit suggests giving to the Michael J. Fox Foundation to continue the fight
  • L-Dopa has provided relief for sufferers of this “shaking palsy”
  • Also known as shaking palsy, it was first described in 1817