Parkinson’s disease results from the death of cells located in the substantia nigra, a region of the midbrain. Symptoms start with slowness of movement, difficulty walking, shaking, rigidity, and can progress to dementia.
Parkinson’s can be a huge burden emotionally, financially, and on caretakers.
Below are a series of videos that give you a sense of the disease, treatments, living with the disease, and taking care of the disease.
What are the symptoms?
What are the different forms and stages of Parkinson’s disease?
Prevention
Treatments
An overview of treatments
Medical Treatments
Physical Therapy
Deep Brain Stimulation
Diet
Alternative Medicine
Living with Parkinson’s
The legal and financial implications of Parkinson’s
Therapies in development
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