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News | April 15, 2025

Two neurologists at BAMC focus on movement disorders, Parkinson’s disease

By Lori Newman

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas  –   Two Air Force neurologists at Brooke Army Medical Center specialize in movement disorders including Parkinson’s disease.

Parkinson's disease is a progressive neurologic disorder due to damage of neurons or brain cells. Patients experience symptoms as a result of the degeneration in the form of movement impairments including stiffness, slowness, tremor, imbalance.

According to the Parkinson’s Foundation, nearly one million people in the Unites States are living with Parkinson’s Disease. Parkinson’s is the second-most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer’s disease.

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News | April 15, 2025

Two neurologists at BAMC focus on movement disorders, Parkinson’s disease

By Lori Newman

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas  –   Two Air Force neurologists at Brooke Army Medical Center specialize in movement disorders including Parkinson’s disease.

Parkinson's disease is a progressive neurologic disorder due to damage of neurons or brain cells. Patients experience symptoms as a result of the degeneration in the form of movement impairments including stiffness, slowness, tremor, imbalance.

According to the Parkinson’s Foundation, nearly one million people in the Unites States are living with Parkinson’s Disease. Parkinson’s is the second-most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer’s disease.

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