?! Big April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month and, in the U.S. and across the globe this year, patients, caregivers, medical professional...
?! Big April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month and, in the U.S. and across the globe this year, patients, caregivers, medical professionals, and advocates will be focusing their attention on helping to empower those living with the neurological disease by providing educational resources, fostering community, and providing opportunities to get involveD
orld Parkinson’s Day is April 11.
“I am committed to raising PD [Parkinson’s disease] awareness, not just because I have the disease, but because of the growing number of people living with it worldwide,” Kathleen Blake, MD, a retired physician, said in a press release from the Parkinson’s Foundation. Blake serves as vice chair of the foundation’s People with Parkinson’s Advisory Council.
“I feel strongly that we must get this [disease] on more people’s radar, increase awareness, provide resources to make life better for people with PD, and ultimately reverse this upward trend,” Blake said.
Parkinson’s disease, which affects more than 10 million people globally, results in the progressive degeneration of a type of nerve cells that produce dopamine, a chemical messenger involved in motor control. This gives rise to a characteristic set of motor symptoms, namely, rigidity, tremor, balance and gait problems, and slowe
