Exercise: New Prescription for Parkinsons Disease

Exercise could be the new prescription for Parkinson's Disease, a progressive disorder of the nervous system that affects movement. More than six million people worldwide suffer from Parkinsons and they're traditionally treated with medication and surgery. But 75-year-old Gary Sobel, who was diagnosed with the disease in his early sixties, took a different approach; rather than following his doctors' recommendation to take it easy, he turned to exercise. It changed his life, and...

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