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    Summary & Study Guide - Brain Storms: The Race to Unlock the Secrets of Parkinson's Disease: Summary & Study Guide, #5
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    Summary & Study Guide - Brain Storms: The Race to Unlock the Secrets of Parkinson's Disease: Summary & Study Guide, #5

    By Lee Tang

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    Comprehensive Review of Parkinson's Disease
    This book is a summary of "Brain Storms" by Jon Palfreman

    When award-winning science journalist Jon Palfreman investigated a group of drug addicts who mysteriously ended up with Parkinson's-like symptoms, he never imagined that 25 years later he would contract the disease himself. Parkinson's is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder. Currently, about seven million people globally, and one million Americans have Parkinson's, with 60,000 new U.S. cases each year.
    Parkinson's is a disease that has entranced doctors and scientists for two centuries since the British physician James Parkinson described its symptoms in 1817. In Brain Storms, Palfreman chronicles the scientific history of the race to unlock the secrets of the disease. It is a story of many twists and turns. It turns out that the classic motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease—tremors, rigidity, slowness of movement, and postural imbalance—are just the tips of a clinical iceberg. This means that in addition to movement problems, people with Parkinson's disease have to cope with a wide range of adverse symptoms from constipation to dementia. The disease can be caused by environmental toxins. And some forms of the disease can be passed on to future generations. Out goes the old dopamine-centered theory of the disease, which was introduced in the late 1960s. And in comes a new theory about the disease that may offer the possibility of disease-modifying therapy.

    Read this book to get an up-to-date review of this mysterious disease.

    This guide includes:
    *  Book Summary—helps you understand the key concepts.
    * Online Videos—covers the concepts in more depth.

    Value-added of this guide:
      * Save time
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      * Expand your knowledge

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLee Tang
    Release dateMar 12, 2017
    ISBN9780994764089
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    Lee Tang

    Lee Tang is a retired executive of a major global insurance company. Prior to his retirement, he has worked as an actuary, a risk officer and a chief financial officer for several major insurance organizations in the United States, Canada, and Taiwan. To learn more about Lee and his work, visit his website and blog at https://lmtpress.wordpress.com. You can reach him by email at leetang888@gmail.com.

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