Predicting Parkinson’s
Researchers search for early warnings in the brain
By Science News
By Carolyn Gramling
In the painting “Nude with Parkinson’s,” a woman kneels forward onto her elbows, bent under the weight of swirls of red, orange, and black. “[It] shows my struggle to maintain balance while being pummeled by the demands of everyday life,” says artist and Parkinson’s patient Carol McLeod. As her symptoms worsen, she adds, keeping up with those demands is a constant, and growing, battle.