A connection between genetic and environmental causes of Parkinson's disease has been discovered by a research team led by Aaron D. Gitler, PhD, Assistant...
One of the tests for Parkinson's detection is a smell test. About 1.5 million Americans are living with Parkinson's disease, according to the National...
Investigators from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the Baltimore Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center will be featured on the Public...
The progressive nature of Parkinson's Disease can make walking a challenge. Now, a new study is helping Parkinson's patients dance into a more mobile future. ...
$51,000 grant will enable University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers to determine whether sophisticated new imaging technologies can help them achieve pinpoint...
-People with Parkinson's disease commonly suffer a slowing or freezing of movement caused by the death of neurons that make dopamine, a key chemical that...
There is hope that a new drug can slow the progression of Parkinson's disease and, in doing so, be the only medication to do so, it has been announced. There...
An Austrian pharmaceutical company has initiated preclinical development of a Parkinson's vaccine that targets a specific protein that is closely associated...
Obama poised to lift restrictions, and Texas scientists stand ready By TODD ACKERMAN Houston Chronicle Feb. 2, 2009, 3:01AM Melissa Phillip Chronicle UT Health...
- A late-stage study has shown Merck KGaA's experimental Parkinson's treatment safinamide, when taken with standard drug levodopa, improves patients' motor...
A SLOW KILLER: About 1.5 million Americans are living with Parkinson's disease, according to the National Parkinson Foundation. The illness destroys brain...
Electrodes are places into the brain to help ease symptoms New ways of treating Parkinson's disease by stimulating the brain are to be investigated by...
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Boosting the output of a protein produced by brain cells called astrocytes can provide complete protection from Parkinson's disease, a...
If results of a new study conducted in mice can be applied to people, Parkinson's disease and other neurological conditions may have met their match. ...
One of the most common nonmotor symptoms of PD is depression. In fact, some studies have reported that between 40% and 50% of people with PD have depression,...
Treatment for Parkinson's involves weighing the potential risks and side effects against the possible benefits. So it evolves with the progression of the...
Parkinson's disease sufferers who play computer games have "fun", says an Australian professor who now wants to see whether they can also improve how sure they...
In recent years, there has been increasing recognition of the features of Parkinson disease that are not related to nigrostriatal dopamine deficiency. This...
Immediately after the election, top Obama aides indicated that one of the new president's first actions would be to sign an executive order reversing the Bush...
Hi friends. Thanks to some of you, active participants of the blog I linked to the distoweb page one year ago, we got some nice and very helpful messages, the...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will soon issue an executive order lifting an eight-year ban embryonic stem cell research imposed by his...
London, February 15: Scientists from Keele University in Staffordshire have found a way of using intense light to detect the early stages of Parkinson's...
Every nine minutes, someone in the U.S. is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. It's a neurological disorder that starts as a tremor and ends in death. Catching...
Dear Fernando, I am a parkinson's patient since 1998. Your efforts to support the group are commendable. I have gone through the your website. The area...
( People with a family history of melanoma may be at a greater risk of developing Parkinson's disease, a new study found. Nearly 157,000 people who did not...
Four million people worldwide are suffering from Parkinson's disease, a complex condition that varies greatly among individuals. Understanding the brain...
A novel approach to analyzing cellular data is yielding new understanding of Parkinson's disease's destructive pathways. Researchers have created an algorithm...
Restless leg syndrome is a most disagreeable sensation in the legs that people describe as something creeping beneath the skin. The sensation mostly comes on...
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