From blood letting to brain stimulation: 200 years of Parkinson’s treatment

By Lyndsey Collins-Praino
Updated June 28 2018 - 1:30pm, first published April 20 2017 - 12:00am
Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after dementia.
Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after dementia.

PARKINSON'S disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after dementia, affecting more than ten million people worldwide. In Australia alone, more than 70,000 people have the disease – that’s one in every 340 Australians.

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