Posted AT 5:06 AM EDT on 25/04/08
Potato fields, pesticides and Parkinson's
Steve Morris didn't notice his left arm had stopped swinging when he walked; a buddy pointed it out. But his symptoms, including a tremor in his left hand, soon worsened, and by the time the community college teacher went to see a doctor two years ago, he was pretty sure the diagnosis would be Parkinson's disease.
He was surprised, though, by the questions the neurologist asked after delivering the bad news.
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