Neurological Disorders
Parkinson’s Disease and Sleep: What Canadians Should Know
Parkinson’s disease is a movement disorder. It causes nerve cells in a specific part of the brain to slowly break down and die …
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Neurological Disorders
Parkinson’s Disease: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment
Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurological disorder. “Progressive” means it gets worse over time.
Neurological Disorders
Parkinson’s Disease Myths: What Canadians Should Know
Parkinson’s disease is a progressive brain disorder that affects movement. It occurs when dopamine-producing cells in a part of …
Neurological Disorders
Parkinson’s Disease and Dementia: The Link Explained
Parkinson’s disease is a brain disorder that affects the nervous system. It causes muscles to become stiff and difficult to …
Neurological Disorders
Parkinson’s Disease: Symptoms, Causes & Coping
Parkinson’s disease is a disorder of the nervous system. It develops when brain cells that produce a chemical called dopamine …
Neurological Disorders
Levodopa for Parkinson’s Disease: What Canadians Should Know
Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative condition. This means it involves the gradual breakdown and loss of nerve cells in the …
Neurological Disorders
Parkinson’s and Urinary Incontinence: What You Should Know
Parkinson’s disease causes the progressive loss of nerve cells in the brain. This leads to well-known symptoms like tremors, …
Neurological Disorders
Corticobasal Degeneration: Symptoms, Causes & Care
Corticobasal degeneration — sometimes called CBD — causes the brain to lose nerve cells in several key areas.
Neurological Disorders
Parkinson’s Disease: Symptoms, Signs & What to Expect
Parkinson’s disease causes the brain cells that produce dopamine to break down over time. Dopamine is a chemical messenger that …
Neurological Disorders
Parkinson’s Disease: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment
Parkinson’s disease affects the brain cells that control movement. As these cells break down or die, the brain produces less of a …