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Podcast: Saturday Morning with Jack Tame
Episode: Bryan Betty: Parkinson's
Description: Parkinson's is one of the most common neurological conditions for those over the age of 60 - Michael J Fox very famously has early onset Parkinson's, and is now a champion for awareness of the disease.   So what is Parkinson's?  A degenerative disease of the nervous system causing movement problems.  Affects 1:100 over the age of 60. Occasionally it’s early onset like with Michael J Fox. Nerve cells in the brain break down, we lose a chemical messenger called dopamine. There’s no simple test to diagnose, diagnosis comes from symptoms.    How do you recognise...