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Sudbury Star - The science of Parkinson's
Published: 28 April 2011
Parkinson's is a brain disease and a movement disorder involving shaking, tremor, unsteady gait, falling, and rigidity. As the second-most prevalent brain disorder in Canada, more than 100,000 people are affected. But Parkinson's is a disease of the elderly. Why would someone like [Bev] Lavender, diagnosed when she was 44, be struck?
It can strike at any age, says Dr. Anne-Louise Lafontaine, a Montreal neurologist and director of the Movement Disorder Clinic at º«¹úÂãÎè. "While there is no robust evidence that the incidence of early-onset Parkinson's is increasing, it's definitely not just a disease of the elderly."