Creighton University’s Joseph Threlkeld, PhD, foreground, demonstrates the exercise that subjects performed as part of a study that he and other Creighton scientists conducted, which examined fatigue in Parkinson’s disease.
“We’re looking for that magic pill that will stop Parkinson’s in its tracks,” says Creighton’s Michele Faulkner, PharmD. “Until we find a way to prevent the disease, or stop or slow progression, we haven’t really found success.”
Michael J. Fox has long been the face of Parkinson’s disease, which affects at least 1 million people in the United States and 5 million worldwide, making it the leading movement-disorder disease. Other well-known people who are battling or have battled Parkinson’s include Muhammad Ali, Janet Reno, Billy Graham, Linda Ronstadt, Charles Schultz and Pope John Paul II.
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“We’re looking for that magic pill that will stop Parkinson’s in its tracks,” says Creighton’s Michele Faulkner, PharmD. “Until we find a way to prevent the disease, or stop or slow progression, we haven’t really found success.”
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