Parkinson's Disease

Many people in the United States have diseases that can cause a tremors in different parts of the body. One of these diseases is known as Parkinson’s Disease. This disease has become increasingly more prevalent as time has progressed. In today’s times, 1 out of 100 people that are over 60 years of age have Parkinson’s Disease. Additionally, there are about 1.5 million people in the United States who currently have this life-controlling disease. Fifty eight percent of these 1.5 million people that have Parkinson’s Disease are men. This disease was first discovered by a man named James Parkinson, who was a doctor in London. In 1817, he wrote an essay called “The Shaking Palsy” that described Parkinson’s Disease. From then on, doctors and researchers throughout the world have been trying to find out more about Parkinsonism.
Parkinson’s Disease is one of the many strains of Parkinsonism. They all have similar causes and symptoms. Parkinsonism is a neurolog...