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Worldwide there are an estimated 4 million people living with Parkinson's disease. Here in the US, approximately 50,000 people are newly diagnosed with Parkinson's disease each year. First described by Dr. James Parkinson in 1817 as the "shaking palsy", Parkinson's has likely been around much long…

Stroke is the leading cause of long-term disability in the US and the third leading cause of death. Every year strokes effect 15 million people worldwide with 5 million of those resulting in death. Of the remaining 10 million survivors at least 5 million of those will be disabled to varying degr…

Autism is a complicated medical condition with a range of symptoms that has no firmly established causal factors. The condition itself has been steadily rising in prevalance and as of a 2002 CDC study is thought to effect 1 in 150 children. Parents, researchers, government officials have all bee…