On World Parkinson’s Day, doctors highlight growing need for awareness

BUFFALO, N.Y. — On World Parkinson’s Day, medical experts are raising awareness about a neurological condition affecting hundreds of thousands of Americans and likely many more who remain undiagnosed.

“It’s a growing problem in an ever larger number of patients,” said Jonathan Riley, an assistant professor and medical director of functional neurosurgery at the University at Buffalo.

Parkinson’s disease, a progressive neurological disorder that affects movement, is the second-most common neurodegenerative condition in the United States, according to the National Institutes of Health…

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