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Parkinson's Disease Society

Parkinson's Disease Society in Cornard

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The Parkinson's Disease Society currently supports more than 90 dynamic research projects
totalling over £14million across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland,
and invest £459 every hour of every day into research that fights Parkinson's.

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Parkinson's is a progressive neurological condition affecting movements such as walking, talking, and writing.
It is named after (1755-1824), the London doctor who first identified Parkinson's as a specific condition.

Parkinson's occurs as result of a loss of nerve cells in the part of the brain known as the substantia nigra.
These cells are responsible for producing a chemical known as dopamine, which allows messages to be
sent to the parts of the brain that co-ordinate movement. With the depletion of dopamine-producing cells,
these parts of the brain are unable to function normally.

Generally, in the UK:
One in 500 people, around 120,000 individuals, have Parkinson's.
About 10,000 people in the UK are diagnosed each year.
Symptoms first appear, on average, when a patient is older than 50.
One in 20 of those diagnosed each year will be aged under 40.
Statistically, men are slightly more likely to develop Parkinson's than women.

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