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 …showed first 75 words of 577 total…

…showed last 75 words of 577 total…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.