Parkinson's disease is caused when the brain cells responsible for producing dopamine, the chemical messenger that coordinates the body's muscle movements and emotional responses, stop working or die. It typically leads to motor symptoms such as tremor, stiffness, and slowness of movement (known as bradykinesia). It can also lead to …
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Parkinson's disease is caused when the brain cells responsible for producing dopamine, the chemical messenger that coordinates the body's muscle movements and emotional responses, stop working or die. It typically leads to motor symptoms such as tremor, stiffness, and slowness of movement (known as bradykinesia). It can also lead to …
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When people are diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, they often want to know if it's hereditary. Can their kids get it? Are their grandchildren at risk? Well, the answer is complicated. "Most of the time we don't know what is really causing the disease in people," Irene Litvan, MD, director of …
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The stages of Parkinson's disease can help give a person and their doctor an idea of how the disorder may progress. The disease is characterized by certain hallmark symptoms (resting tremor, stiffness, and slowness of movement), but no two cases of the disease are alike. A person may experience only …
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When people are diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, they often want to know if it's hereditary. Can their kids get it? Are their grandchildren at risk? Well, the answer is complicated. "Most of the time we don't know what is really causing the disease in people," Irene Litvan, MD, director of …
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The stages of Parkinson's disease can help give a person and their doctor an idea of how the disorder may progress. The disease is characterized by certain hallmark symptoms (resting tremor, stiffness, and slowness of movement), but no two cases of the disease are alike. A person may experience only …
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For most people, browsing through vacation photos is a fun trip down memory lane, remembering all of the cool places you've visited. For me, it feels more like recalling all the times I've had an incredibly inconvenient, massive headache: neck pain at the Sistine Chapel; dizziness on Disneyland's Matterhorn Bobsleds; …
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For most people, browsing through vacation photos is a fun trip down memory lane, remembering all of the cool places you've visited. For me, it feels more like recalling all the times I've had an incredibly inconvenient, massive headache: neck pain at the Sistine Chapel; dizziness on Disneyland's Matterhorn Bobsleds; …
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Parkinson's disease dementia is when a person develops changes in their thinking and behavior after being diagnosed with the movement disorder. While Parkinson's disease is primarily known as a movement disorder, with hallmark symptoms that include a resting tremor, stiffness, and slowness of movement, there are also non-motor symptoms associated …
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Parkinson's disease dementia is when a person develops changes in their thinking and behavior after being diagnosed with the movement disorder. While Parkinson's disease is primarily known as a movement disorder, with hallmark symptoms that include a resting tremor, stiffness, and slowness of movement, there are also non-motor symptoms associated …
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