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To Gregory and my fellow pre-meds,
Do any of you guys know much about Parkinson's disease? I recently heard that Michael J. Fox and Janet Reno suffer from it. It is especially surprising to hear how Michael J. Fox has it since he is only 37. I've read that a drug called L-Dopa is effective in treating Parkinson's but that the effects of the drug wear off with continued use and patients occasionally have to go on "drug fasts" in order to keep their bodies responsive to it. I'd appreciate it if anybody could tell me more about it. I once thought about specializing in Neurology, but then I realize that science/medicine knows little about the brain and often there is little a neurologist can do for their patients at present because of our lack of understanding of how the brain works.
EDGAR
Do any of you guys know much about Parkinson's disease? I recently heard that Michael J. Fox and Janet Reno suffer from it. It is especially surprising to hear how Michael J. Fox has it since he is only 37. I've read that a drug called L-Dopa is effective in treating Parkinson's but that the effects of the drug wear off with continued use and patients occasionally have to go on "drug fasts" in order to keep their bodies responsive to it. I'd appreciate it if anybody could tell me more about it. I once thought about specializing in Neurology, but then I realize that science/medicine knows little about the brain and often there is little a neurologist can do for their patients at present because of our lack of understanding of how the brain works.
EDGAR