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April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month

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Parkinson’s Facts Everyone Should Know

Parkinson’s Awareness Month is the perfect time to brush up on your Parkinson’s facts. Here are 5 fast facts about PD: 

  1. Nearly 90,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with Parkinson’s each year. 
  2. Scientists believe a combination of environmental and genetic factors cause PD.
  3. People with Parkinson’s experience both movement and non-movement related symptoms.
  4. Symptoms can be managed through treatments like medications, lifestyle changes, exercise and in some cases, surgery.
  5. Early-onset Parkinson’s disease occurs in people younger than 50 years of age.


Find out more at Parkinson.org/Awareness