Parkinson's Disease Support Group

Parkinson's disease is a movement disorder often characterized by muscle rigidity, tremor, a slowing of physical movement, and in extreme cases, a loss of physical movement. The primary symptoms of Parkinsons are due to excessive muscle contraction, normally caused by the insufficient formation and action of dopamine, which is produced in the dopaminergic neurons of the...

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peachybum 02/27/2012

https://www.23andme.com/pd/?utm_campaign=Parkison%2527s&utm_medium=email&utm_source=PD+newsletter+022112

I urge everyone to volunteer on this site

deleted_user 02/27/2012

Nice find!

peace

BP

Dirky 02/28/2012

Hi Peachy, I'm giving this some serious thought.... thankyou for bringing this to my attention...

Yours Sincerely Dirky !!;O))xx

deleted_user 02/28/2012

Muhammad Ali has joined up to garner publicity and support. I've been a member for 3 years now. Its quite interesting. ND.

pgrandmaof2 02/29/2012

I did this a few months ago and recently posted the short video Muhammad Ali and his wife did for 23andme (shown at his 70th b'day celebration) on my fb to encourage others with PD to participate. It is free, takes very little time, is super easy to mail back (they give you all you need - postage already paid), and is producing real results!

Just today I received 5 updates on various medical conditions they have studied and where my genes fit in (variant absent, high risk, etc.)

I truly encourage all those dx with PD to check this out and take part in finding clues to curing PD!!!

deleted_user 03/02/2012

Thanks Peach - very interesting!

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