The Nature of Things

Parkinson's: Lynda's Story (40x3)

: 25, 1999

Despite astonishing advances in many areas of modern medicine, the treatment of Parkinson's disease has changed very little since drug therapy was introduced nearly 40 years ago. Today however, doctors are gaining new insights into this complex disabling disease through the use of experimental surgery. Lynda MacKenzie has waited two years for experimental brain surgery for Parkinson's disease.