Deer Lodge Centre’s Parkinson’s choir blends music, therapy By Ryan McBride “Happy trails to you,” the voices sing, “until we meet again.” But it doesn’t sound like goodbye. As the choir slowly disperses—some members in wheelchairs or leaning on walkers, others hanging on a friendly elbow—you sense pride in a song well sung. The last notes linger in the air …
By Michael Badejo Parkinson’s disease is a disorder of the nervous system that affects movement. It starts gradually and worsens over time. It affects one in every 500 people in Canada. More than 6,000 new cases are diagnosed each year in Canada. Tremors and shaking of the hands are the first symptoms most people think of when they hear the …
Parkinson’s disease is a disorder of the nervous system affecting movement. It can start gradually and worsen over time. Tremors and shaking — for example, of the hands — might be one of the first symptoms you think of when you hear the words “Parkinson’s disease” — but other important signs and symptoms include: TREMOR A tremor, or shaking, usually begins in a limb, …