What is Parkinsons Disease

Parkinson's disease (paralysis agitans or PD) is a movement disorder often characterized by muscle rigidity, tremor, a slowing of physical movement (bradykinesia), and in extreme c...

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I added some 70 new friends from here today! I used to add them every day, but got behind! It seems to me that 80% were young onset ! This is troubling to me! Why?... We need an answer! I spend most of my internet time with yahoo messenger open ! So if you'd like add me to your IM list there and we can see more easily when someone is online! There I'm also tennmike1957 and that is my email as well!
Posted on 04/15/08, 10:04 am
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Reply #1 - 04/15/08  12:40pm
" Thanks for the chat invite. I, too, and hugely concerned about the huge prevalance of early onset. I still struggle with how and why. Then I get mad - then I get grateful it's not worse. "
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Reply #2 - 04/15/08  3:10pm
" Do you think maybe there is just more communication now than before? That's like they used to say people died of old age, but now they get into the cause more deeply and give it a name. I really hadn't heard much about pd until Jack buck an announcer from st Louis talked about having it at a conference. Then after I acquired it, it seemed to be talked about a lot because of Michael J Fox. I could be wrong. Sass. "
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