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Listen to the speakers of the 2008 "What's in the PD Piepeline" Symposium held in Charlotte. Click here to listen

MP3 Files		Windows Media Files
April 18, 2007 Radio Interview with Executive Director Debbie Huffman, Board Member Anne Udall, and Dr. Sanjay Iyer, Director of Movement Disorders Center, Carolinas Medical Center, Neuroscience and Spine Institute, Charlotte, NC. LISTEN / DOWNLOAD Length 16:30 / 7.8MB		April 18, 2007 Radio Interview with Executive Director Debbie Huffman, Board Member Anne Udall, and Dr. Sanjay Iyer, Director of Movement Disorders Center, Carolinas Medical Center, Neuroscience and Spine Institute, Charlotte, NC. LISTEN / DOWNLOAD Length 16:30 / 4.0MB

2007 Charlotte Symposium		2007 Charlotte Symposium
Sympsium Introduction - PAC Executive Director Debbie Huffman Length 3:30 / .5 MB		Sympsium Introduction - PAC Executive Director Debbie Huffman Length 3:30 / .8 MB
Huffman Introduction of Dr. Daniel Weintraub Length 1:30 / .2MB		Huffman Introduction of Dr. Daniel Weintraub Length 1:30 / .3MB
Dr. Daniel Weintraub - "Assessment & Diagnosis in Parkinson's Disease" Length 1:05:20 / 9.5MB		Dr. Daniel Weintraub - "Assessment & Diagnosis in Parkinson's Disease" Length 1:05:20 / 15.5MB
Dr. Daniel Weintraub - "Cognitive and Pyschiatric Treatment of Parkinson's Disease and Dimentia with Lewy Bodies" Length 41:50 / 6.1MB		Dr. Daniel Weintraub - "Cognitive and Pyschiatric Treatment of Parkinson's Disease and Dimentia with Lewy Bodies" Length 41:50 / 10.0MB
Huffman Introduction of Dr. Sanjay Iyer Length 1:00 / .2MB		Huffman Introduction of Dr. Sanjay Iyer Length 1:00 / .2MB
Dr. Sanjay Iyer - "The Evolution of Parkinson's Disease" Length 41:50 / 6.1MB		Dr. Sanjay Iyer - "The Evolution of Parkinson's Disease" Length 41:50 / 6.1MB

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Parkinson Facts

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system. It was first described in 1817 by James Parkinson, a British physician who published a paper on what he called "the shaking palsy." In this paper, he set forth the major symptoms of the disease that would later bear his name.

Researchers believe that at least 500,000 people in the United States currently have PD, although some estimates are much higher. Society pays an enormous price for PD. The total cost to the nation is estimated to exceed $6 billion annually. The risk of PD increases with age, so analysts expect the financial and public health impact of this disease to increase as the population gets older.