Parkinson's disease: What you need to know in wake of Jesse Jackson's diagnosis

[rangerrebew]

Parkinson's disease: What you need to know in wake of Jesse Jackson's diagnosis

    By MICHAEL CHAN MD

 
 

Iconic American civil rights activist, politician and minister Jesse Jackson announced Friday that his doctors have diagnosed him with Parkinson’s disease – a diagnosis that he says comes after several years of symptoms.

Below are answers to some of the more common questions about this disease.

Jesse Jackson discloses Parkinson's disease diagnosis

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/parkinsons-disease-wake-jesse-jacksons-diagnosis/story?id=51228890

[rangerrebew]

If the revend J$cks$n were white, the media would be as interested in him as a trash truck driver with Parkinson's.

[Applewood]

Interesting that concussions or other brain injuries aren't listed as possible causes.  When Ali was diagnosed, I assumed it was the result of the many blows to the head he sustained as a boxer.    Apparently, in Jackson's case, his was hereditary.