Category: Parkinson’s News

Despite her natural drive to write and create, Kathy Page felt she didn’t have the capacity to write fiction after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. But she did have it in her to write non-fiction — in particular, about her experiences having been diagnosed with a neurological condition.

In this week’s Sunday Sitdown, Michael J. Fox joins Willie Geist to talk about his groundbreaking foundation and discuss his new memoir “Future Boy,” which marks four decades since “Back to the Future.” Fox also talks about his return to acting in the next season of Apple TV+’s hit series “Shrinking.”

The images could reveal how this deadly disease begins.

Playing football is helping some players with Parkinson’s manage their symptoms.

In recent years, the scientific community has witnessed a paradigm shift in understanding the complex origins of Parkinson’s disease (PD), a neurodegenerative disorder that affects millions worldwide. The groundbreaking research presented by Bernhardt and Schulze-Hentrich in t

A potential treatment emerges.

The world’s largest-ever clinical trial of treatments to slow or stop the progression of Parkinson’s disease has launched, led by researchers at UCL and Newcastle University.

Researchers in Northern Ireland examined whether exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) increases the risk of Parkinson’s disease. While no overall link was found after adjusting for confounders, younger adults under 50 showed a modest association with PM2.5, raising questions about age-related susceptibility and diagnostic misclassification.

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