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200th anniversary of when James Parkinson identified the disease

(10 Apr 2017) LEADIN: Parkinson's is one of the most common diseases around the world, yet 200 years after James Parkinson first diagnosed what he called the "shaking palsy", we still don't have a cure in sight. Today (11 April) is the start of Parkinson's Awareness Week focussing attention not only on the research that is being done to tackle the disease, but also looking at ways to improve the lives of people surviving with Parkinson's. STORYLINE: Until his death last year, former heavyweight champion Muhammed Ali was among the highest profile campaigners for research into Parkinson's. He was just 42 when he was diagnosed with the disease, he'd retired just a couple of years before. Increasingly his trembling hand and shuffling walk showed his hardest and longest fight had just begun. Parkinson's is a progressive brain disorder that affects the way the brain connects with basic muscle function. Eventually, the disease kills nerve cells in the brain and affects memory. Pope John Paul II also had Parkinson's and now the actor Michael J. Fox is bearing the torch for the Parkinson's. Here he gave evidence to the Senate asking them to release funds for Parkinson's research. Fox told the committee: "While the changes in my life were profound and progressive, I kept them to myself for a number of reasons. Fear, denial for sure" and he continued: "I heard from thousands of Americans affected by Parkinson's writing and calling in to offer their encouragement and to tell me of their experience. They spoke of pain, frustration, fear and hope." The disease gets its name from a man called James Parkinson, a doctor and surgeon who lived, worked and died among the patients he served in the Lonodn parish of Shoreditch. He was also a studied geologist and campaigned for better living conditions for the workers who were streaming into Shoreditch for jobs created by the industrial revolution, and also many refugees fleeing wars in Europe. The reverend Dr. Paul Turp is the vicar of St. Leonard's Church and he has followed the life of his former parishioner with interest. He says: "You will see the font where he was baptised, you can see also where he was married. You go outside into the churchyard and you'll see the gardens where he's buried. There's a big bell sitting in the nave which used to be hanging up, that's how he would have heard that bell." A commemorative plaque on the wall is dedicated to James Parkinson. When Parkinson grew up he would have been surrounded by green fields, but by the time he was treating patients that changed. During a cholera outbreak Turp says the church would have thirty-six burials each day. Turp says: "The housing that's built are tiny houses, some of them just one room above another and there's no clean running water and there's no sewage system so James and his father John, being in the medical profession would have had constant nightmares." The Parkinson's local surgery and family home was in this square just a short distance from the Royal London Hospital which he also served. At the time he could not have known how important his Essay on the Shaking Palsy would be. It was published in 1817. He described cases and the symptoms and made the disease a clinical entity. But that was two hundred years ago. Here at the main training hall of the English National Ballet, patients with Parkinson's take part in dance classes which helps to improve their wellbeing and movement. The class is a regular and popular fixture. It began as a study between English National Ballet and researchers at Roehampton University. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...