http://www.parkinsonillness.com Parkinson's Disease Description, Know Parkinson's Disease Symptoms Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:53:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Treatment for Parkinson's Disease Parkinsons treatment is chiefly based on the use of medications. In Parkinsons disease (PD), the neurotransmitter dopamine is either missing or the receptors have become insensitive to dopamine. Thus, all medications work by either increasing the manufacture of dopamine in the brain or by increasing receptor sensitivity. The ... http://www.parkinsonillness.com/treatment.php Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease Parkinsons disease symptoms do vary from individual to individual and are generally very slow in onset. The early symptoms are not very noticeable and often go unnoticed. The symptoms of Parkinsons usually start on one side of the body and continue to get worse on that particular ... http://www.parkinsonillness.com/symptoms.php Parkinson's Support Group Besides medications, Parkinsons support is essential to understand this devastating disease. Parkinson's disease is a chronic movement disorder which affects close to 1.2 million people in the US. The disorder is progressive and affects nerve cells in the brain which make dopamine. When dopamine-making nerve cells die, symptoms ... http://www.parkinsonillness.com/support-group.php With more awareness of this ailment, parkinson disease research has made many advances over the past two decades. Current data indicates that in the USA there are close to 1.3 million individuals who have Parkinsons disease (PD) and about 50,000 new cases are diagnosed each year. It is expected that ... http://www.parkinsonillness.com/research.php Parkinson's Disease: An Overview What is Parkinsons disease? Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic disorder that affects the body's movements. The disease almost always presents with a tremor, rigidity of muscles and slow movements. The disease starts slowly on one side of the body and then can progress to involve the entire ... http://www.parkinsonillness.com/general-info.php