Archbold Hosts Health Talk on Parkinson’s Disease

June 10, 2013 Archbold Hosts Health Talk on Parkinsons Disease

Anonymous CNHI News Service The Times Enterprise Mon Jun 10, 2013, 05:43 PM EDT

THOMASVILLE Have you noticed a slight shaking ortremorin your finger, thumb, hand, chin or lip? Does your leg shake when you sit down or relax?

Twitching or shaking of limbs is a common early sign of Parkinsons disease, a progressive, chronic disorder of the nervous system. Other symptoms include loss of smell, sudden movements while sleeping and persistent stiffness or pain in shoulders, hips, arms and legs.

Approximately 60,000 Americans are diagnosed with Parkinson's disease each year, and men are one and a half times more likely to develop the disease than women. While incidence of Parkinsons increases with age, its estimated four percent of people are diagnosed before the age of 50.

As part of Archbold Memorial Hospitals continuing Health Talk free community lecture series, neurologist Michael Price, MD, will present, Parkinsons Disease: Signs, Symptoms, Prevention and Treatment, on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. The talk is offered free as a clinical outreach effort to uphold Archbolds core value of Community Benefit.

Dr. Price will discuss causes and early symptoms associated with the disease, as well as medication, treatment options and prevention for those at risk and patients who have been diagnosed with the disease. Price is board certified in neurology and practices at the McIntosh Clinic. To learn more about Parkinsons disease, please attend this Health Talk. The lecture will begin at 6 p.m. and be held in the Williams Auditorium located in the East Tower at Archbold Memorial Hospital. Dinner will be served.

Pre-registration is requested; call (229) 227-5140 or visit http://www.archbold.org.

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Archbold Hosts Health Talk on Parkinson’s Disease