India’s burden of Parkinson’s disease may see a sharp increase by 2030, according to Karnataka health and medical education minister Dr K. Sudhakar. Parkinson’s disease is a progressive, incurable though treatable neurodegenerative disorder which affects approximately ten million people globally. In India, an estimated 0.58 million people are living with Parkinson’s disease as of 2016. […]
Parkinson's disease
Parkinson’s disease: The early signs
Glancing at the media it would be easy to think that coronavirus (COVID-19) is India’s only pressing health concern. As previously noted by Health Issues India, this is simply not the case and to ignore the numerous other health concerns — ranging from other infectious conditions to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), to neurological disorders such as […]