Category: Parkinson’s News

Scientists found a 22 percent lower risk of any dementia and Parkinson’s among a group taking SGLT2 inhibitors for type 2 diabetes.

Public health advocates and farmworkers called for a federal ban on the toxic herbicide paraquat dichloride they say led to their Parkinson’s disease.

Two doctors are investigating industrial and agricultural chemicals surrounding concerning clusters of Parkinson’s diagnoses in a handful of regions across the country.

Exposure to tiny particles of fumes emitted from car exhausts are thought to trigger inflammation in the body that that could spark the disease – which affects some 8.5million people globally.

A big revelation from Potting in this week’s episode may explain how Parkinson’s character is being written out of the show.

In this week’s Sunday Sitdown, Ryan Reynolds joins Willie Geist for a wide-ranging discussion about the record-breaking “Deadpool & Wolverine,” his family and career. Reynolds also opens up about his late father’s twenty-year battle with Parkinson’s.

Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson says the club have progressed “a long way in a short space of time” ahead of their trip to Birmingham City.

Stuart Isaacson, MD, Rajesh Pahwa, MD, and Jennifer Goldman, MD discuss optimizing PD treatment with levodopa and adjunct therapies, addressing patient and pharmacologic challenges, coordinating care, and anticipating the impact of emerging therapies and upcoming Medicare Part D changes.