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Parkinson's Disease
Date Submitted: 12/17/2004 03:11:39
Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's disease was first discovered by a British physician named James Parkinson. He published a paper about the disease called "the shaking palsy". Around the early 1960s, researchers found a form of brain damage. This lead to the first treatment for the disease suggesting ways for more effective therapies and have introduce a new medication called "Levodopa". About 50,000 Americans are effected with this disease. Parkinson's disease strikes men and women in almost equal
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without the use of Levodopa. People with Parkinson's should keep a good balance health ,they should have a highly diet level, take a multivitamins daily, they should have control with their stress, exercise regularly and they should also maintain a low-protein diet, because excessive protein will interfere with absorption of most of the drugs used for treating the disease. About ounces of high-protein food a day is fine. Fish and chicken are the best sources.
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