BOISE, Idaho — April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month, and today we’re highlighting the signs to watch for, along with encouraging medical developments for this currently incurable disease.
Parkinson’s is named after James Parkinson, a British surgeon who discovered the neurodegenerative disease that causes loss of motor control.
“It happens when cells in our brain don’t adequately make or use dopamine. That’s the root cause of Parkinson’s disease,” said Dr. Daniel Meltzer, an emergency room physician and Executive Medical Director for Regence BlueShield of Idaho…