Utah's Parkinson's Registry aims to answer tough questions about the disease

A diagnosis of Parkinson's disease is often traumatic and life changing. Now, a first-of-its-kind database in Utah could answer some of the tough questions about Parkinson's.

Kim Smith is the director of BYU's Peery Institute of Financial Services. He is living with Parkinson's and says, "You wonder why I was the lucky one you know. Why I drew the short straw? And no one, no one knows."

Smith never suspected Parkinson's was behind his lack of balance, coordination and energy. He was diagnosed with the neurodegenerative disease a decade ago....