April is Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month.  According to Wikipedia, Parkinson’s disease (also known as Parkinson disease or PD) is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that often impairs the sufferer’s motor skills speech, and other functions.

If you are still not familiar with this disease, actor Michael J. Fox and Heavyweight champion boxer Muhammed Ali both suffer from Parkinson’s.  It’s most common, outwardly visible effect is uncontrollable shaking.

While there is no cure at this point, research is ongoing.  As with any medical research, funds are always needed.   Write a check, write your congressperson for more funds allocated to research, walk for a cure – these are just a few suggestions how you can help!

For information on Parkinson’s please visit any one of these websites.

• http://www.michaeljfox.org/
• http://www.pdf.org/
• http://www.parkinson.org/
• http://www.unitywalk.org/

Now go run!

Keli 🙂