Support Groups Celebrate World Parkinson’s Day

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Support Groups Celebrate World Parkinson’s Day

Support Groups Celebrate World Parkinson’s Day

April was Parkinson’s Awareness Month and 11 April was World Parkinson’s Day.  

The Day marks the birth anniversary of Dr James Parkinson, who identified Parkinson’s as a medical condition and published an article An Essay on the Shaking Palsy in 1817.  

Parkinson’s NSW Support Groups and hospitals observed the Day and Month across NSW. 

Parkinson's NSW and the National Parkinson’s Alliance welcomes the Federal Government’s announcement of $800,000 in funding over two years to develop and implement Australia’s first National Parkinson’s Action Plan.   […]
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Parkinson’s is a chronic progressive neurological condition. The symptoms are caused by the loss of dopamine producing cells in the brain.  Dopamine affects memory, mood, and movement. Even though there […]
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Queensland researchers target gut health to slow or stop progression of Parkinson's Australian researchers are working on developing drugs that target bugs in the guts of Parkinson's disease patients in […]
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