Parkinson's Blog

A new blood test that detects Parkinson’s disease may offer a way to diagnose the condition before nervous system damage gets worse.

An experimental blood test that detected Parkinson’s disease in a preliminary study could become the first specific tool…

About one in every five people carries a version of a gene that, although largely unsung, appears to confer protection against both Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, Stanford Medicine investigators and their colleagues have learned.

Previous neuroimaging studies in Parkinson disease suggest an altered interaction at a structural and functional level between cortical and subcortical areas of the brain that each contribute to gait dysfunction.

A BARRHEAD woman has revealed how her footballer dad was a childhood hero of chat show host Michael Parkinson.

A Bayer cell therapy for Parkinson’s disease has met primary and secondary goals of its first test in humans, and the pharmaceutical giant is now planning for a larger Phase 2 clinical trial expected to begin enrollment in the first half of next year.

It has been a fairytale start to the season for a club that has taken on both a new league and a new manager.

The Labour Court has said it does not accept “suggestions of unfairness” after a lawyer with Parkinson’s disease claimed she was constantly berated by a se…

Lixisenatide, commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes, has the ability to cross the blood brain barrier and has shown neuroprotective properties in preclinical models of PD.