More people getting diagnosed with Parkinson’s before age 50

July 13, 2006 by deborah | 0 comments

What we once thought of as a disease of the elderly, is now being diagnosed in people in their 20′s and 30′s. Researchers don’t know why, but the treatment may be very different.

AP – Colin Campbell walked out of the support group for Parkinson’s disease in shock: His fellow patients were all 20 or 30 years older, with symptoms very different from his own — leading him to doubt, even disobey, his doctor’s treatment advice.

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