Parkinson's Awareness Day today. The estimate is ten million worldwide and growing quickly if not, exponentially. The most effective medication was discovered in the 1940's and has been in use since the 1960's. Some people are helped by DBS...think tiny holes, tiny wires, electrodes deep, deep in the brain and a battery pack in your chest. Exercise helps mitigate symptoms. There is no cure. It sucks. There are worse things.

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