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8/21/08

Shared History of Parkinson's Patients has Researchers Looking for Answers


Clusters of Parkinson's disease patients with similar past jobs have drawn the attention of researchers at Wilfrid Laurier University probing the mysteries of the degenerative disorder.Staff at Laurier's Movement Disorders Research Centre are wondering why so many local cases they study involve former nurses, welders, dye handlers and firefighters.

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