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A survey wants to hear from Parkinson’s patients, the dangers of sepsis, AWARE’s new chairty partner, computer eye strain and more discussed by Maragaret Hawkins

Margaret Hawkins

23 September 2020

Farmers with Parkinson’s – UCC wants to hear from you

There is an estimated 9,000 people in Ireland with Parkinson’s disease (PD), but it isn’t known what their experience of accessing health services is like. Are rural people losing out?

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