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Rise in Parkinson’s Diagnoses Explained

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Nearly 90,000 new cases of Parkinson's Disease are diagnosed each year in the United States, according to the American Parkinson's Disease Foundation. As part of this special excerpt from Gulf Coast Life, WGCU Host and Reporter Cary Barbor learns more about the uptick in the disease from one of the leading researchers in Parkinson's, Dr. Ray Dorsey.

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