Parkinson's Blog

Chan School’s Sue Goldie felt “sheer responsibility” to let journalist tell her story.

When it comes to balance, more effort from the brain and muscles may actually mean less control—and a higher risk of falling.

This insight could eventually help doctors diagnose Parkinson’s earlier. Today, identifying the disease often takes years and usually involves a long series of clinical evaluations. A simple smell based test could offer a faster, cheaper and non invasive alternative. Loss of the sense of smell is already known to be…

Following the annual flower show, the garden will be relocated to Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital.

Wrexham assistant manager Steve Parkin called their 2-1 come-from-behind win over Sheffield United one of the biggest results of Phil Parkinson’s reign.

The condition behind the symptoms Parkinson’s disease is caused by the gradual loss of brain cells that produce dopamine, a neurotransmitter responsible for movement, mood, and cognition. According to Parkinson’s UK, around 166,000 people in the UK currently live with the condition. Someone receives a new diagnosis every 20 minutes….

Researchers use a novel process involving engineered Escherichia coli to turn plastic waste into levodopa, a frontline treatment for Parkinson’s disease.

Science News: Plastic waste has long been treated as one of the world’s most persistent environmental problems. Bottles pile up in landfills, drift into oceans, and.

Through ‘bio-upcycling,’ researchers are trying to convert plastic waste into valuable products.