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A tremor is an involuntary, uncontrollable muscle contraction, which manifests as shaking in body parts, most commonly the hands. About 70 percent of Parkinson’s disease patients experience tremors in the early stages of the disease.

Your bones do such a good job supporting your every move, it’s easy to take them for granted. But your skeleton is in constant need of replenishment. As early age of 25, you can start to lose more bone than you build, leading to progressively thinner, weaker bones as you grow older and raising your risk for osteoporosis or debilitating fractures and breaks.