Category: Parkinson’s News

Donna Clervi uses boxing and strength training to help Parkinson’s disease patients, as she works toward opening a Parkinson’s Development Center.

Scientists are concerned that a toxic herbicide widely used in Australian farming could be linked to the growing prevalence of Parkinson’s disease. It sat on the regulator’s shelf for review for decades, while the company manufacturing it worked to publicly discredit evidence that its product was harmful.

The 57-year-old Florida man, convicted in the 1994 killing of a college student, argued that lethal injection would cause him “needless pain and suffering” because of the disease.

Days later, Gath, was walking around the kitchen with ease.

The role is to ensure that services are constantly improving, and staff are continually working towards a better standard and understanding of the challenges faced by those living with the disease.

The state of Florida said the execution of an inmate with Parkinson’s symptoms should not be delayed over his legal challenge to the state’s lethal injection procedures.

People with Parkinson’s face a continuous decrease in neuron cells that reduces the levels of dopamine (neurotransmitter) in their body. L-dopa is a chemical that is converted to dopamine in our body and so acts as an anti-Parkinson’s drug.

xercise is considered fundamental to the treatment of Parkinson’s, with studies showing it can alleviate symptoms of the disease and improve mobility.

UC San Francisco study published in Nature Medicine says adaptive deep brain stimulation can manage motor problems, insomnia by adjusting brain signals according to patient’s condition.

Here’s what we know so far.