A New Resource About Parkinson’s

Because more than a million Americans, most over 60, have Parkinson’s disease, and because a recent Harris Poll survey indicates that many of them don’t feel well-informed about treatments or the way the disease progresses, let me pass along a new website called Partners in Parkinson’s.

Underwritten by the Michael J. Fox Foundation and the pharmaceutical firm AbbVie, it offers information on the disease and its symptoms, explains how patients and caregivers can better cope with its effects, and provides sources of medical and other help.

The site includes a locator — drawn from the membership list of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society — that helps users find the closest movement disorder specialists...

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