Focus on Health: Neurological disorders
Cecil Smith has made dietary changes and uses a special walker to help him cope with the effects of Parkinson's.
Adam Kelly suffered epileptic seizures for years before he was finally diagnosed and had surgery to stop them.
After a career as a newspaper editor, Cecil Smith can no longer write, one of the many symptoms of Parkinson's Disease he copes with.
Darlene Hall carries prescription medication with her always because she never knows when a devastating migraine might strike.
Jeff Kemp lost his wife, Tammy, to ALS. Now, he's turned his attention to the National ALS Association, pushing for greater accountability for the $115 million raised through the ice bucket challenge.
Read more about each of these individuals, all dealing with a different neurological disorder, in a special section in today's Salem Leader.
The section also contains information on MS, Alzheimer's, stroke and more.
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