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New treatments help patients preserve their quality of life.
Slowly and unrelentingly, the disease takes its toll, afflicting its victims with a wide array of symptoms. Most common are tremor, slowness and stiffness of movement and in some cases, impaired balance. Deprived of dopamine, the brain cells responsible for movement begin to malfunction, making it increasingly difficult for a person to walk, write, stand straight or speak forcefully. But with proper treatment, PD symptoms can be controlled. They work by tricking the brain into believing it has access to more dopamine than it really does.