Tagged: Parkinson's disease

University of Pennsylvania Study Find Racial Differences in Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease

While African Americans make up 5.5 percent of all Parkinson's disease patients, this research found that only 1 percent of the patients who receive deep brain stimulation surgery, a proven method to reduce tremors, were African Americans.

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