Parkinson's Blog

Results suggest that, rather than stimulating both sides of the brain using DBS, unilateral right DBS may avoid DBS-related declines in verbal fluency and response inhibition in patients with movement disorders like Parkinson’s disease.

More details are emerging about the Parkinson’s disease diagnosis Brett Favre revealed before Congress this week. The Green Bay Packers legend was diagnosed in January.

A three-year research programme will investigate Parkinson’s disease in unprecedented detail, with the aim of discovering a cure for the condition. The Landmark programme will bring together Parkinson’s UK, Imperial College London, pharma companies GSK, Novartis, Roche and UCB for the first time, and is sponsored by a founding gift of £4m from the Gatsby Charitable Foundation. The […]

Technological advancements allow diabetes patients to monitor their glucose levels remotely. Stanford Medicine researchers are refining similar tools for Parkinson’s patients and the providers they don’t see often enough.

The Parkinson’s Foundation will host its first annual Moving Day beginning at 9 a.m. Sept. 21 at Connor Prairie.

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.