Parkinson's Blog

Dexys Midnight Runners’ founding member Andy Leek has died following a lengthy battle with Parkinson’s disease, his wife has announced.

The Parkinson’s disease (PD) therapeutic landscape is heavily genericized, leaving substantial unmet needs in neuroprotective and disease-modifying therapies (DMTs), says data and analytics company GlobalData in an overview of ongoing PD research..
With current treatments largely focused on motor symptoms, the pipeline across the seven major markets (7MM) highlights a growing emphasis on DMTs and non-motor symptom therapies, according to GlobalData.

The University of Pittsburgh was awarded $8 million to continue researching a new therapy for Parkinson’s patients.

Experts made the discovery after analysing hours of YouTube footage of celebrities with the disease – and it paves the way for much earlier treatment

Wrexham co-owner Rob McElhenney has praised Mansfield Town for their performance after they were beaten by the Red Dragons on Saturday.

In rare but persistently documented cases, symptoms of the disease have all but disappeared during emergencies.

The Bond County Parkinson’s Disease Support Group meeting has been cancelled for Tuesday, November 12. The group meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 1 PM in the Bond County Senior Center. ‘ Again, that group meeting is cancelled for November 12. For more information call 334-3465.

Treatments targeting alpha-synuclein aggregation account for 26% of the 7MM’ pipeline disease-modifying therapies for Parkinson’s disease.

But it looks like hearing aids help, researchers say.

Two recent chemistry studies pinpoint reactions that may link the gut microbiome to the development of Parkinson’s disease.