By NPR –
Parkinson’s Disease affects around a million people in the United States, and that number is on the rise, in part because our population is getting older.
Dr. Claire Henchcliffe is the chair of neurology at the University of California, Irvine. She’s one of the scientists at the forefront of Parkinson’s research, and she says Parkinson’s is the fastest growing out of the neurodegenerative disorders she deals with as a neurologist.
“It’s very concerning that it’s growing so quickly,” she says.
