The Rev. Jesse Jackson's family says that the civil rights leader has been released from a hospital where he was treated for a rare neurological disorder. Yusef Jackson said Tuesday that his father was discharged from Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. The 84-year-old Jackson is an internationally known civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate. He was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2013. That diagnosis was changed last spring to progressive supranuclear palsy, or PSP. While hospitalized, Jackson's visitors included former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Yusef Jackson thanked friends and supporters who are praying for the Rev. Jackson.
He was diagnosed four years ago but kept it private, even from his bosses.
Parkinson's Disease causes degeneration of the nerve cells in the brain and affects the mobility of patients.
There are nearly 90,000 new Parkinson’s cases each year in the U.S. Parkinson’s is a neurologic disease that robs people of control over their movements.
He is survived by his wife and three sons. His brother, Kurt, was a longtime columnist for The Salt Lake Tribune.
Saturday night, more than 300 people will be at the Muhammad Ali Center for the institute's largest fundraiser of the year.
The gift will support programming and search in Parkinson's disease and movement disorders at Norton Neuroscience Institute.
YMCA of Greater Louisville will offer a Parkinson's program in April to improve the quality of life for people suffering with the disease.
As a young adult, Dr. Jason Crowell watched a relative fight the disease. Now, he's 36 years old and on the front lines trying to beat it.
For years, Parkinson's has been difficult to diagnose in patients. But the new test being conducted at the Norton Neuroscience Institute is detecting the disease and changing lives.