Twelve patients reported improvements in mood, cognition and motor function after taking the psychedelic drug psilocybin; a larger trial is now being planned
Parkinson’s disease affects over one million people in the United States alone, and that number is projected to double by 2040. While current treatments can man…
Michael J Fox, 63, will make an extraordinary return to acting after three decades with Parkinson’s disease, which is surging in the US and has reached a troubling milestone this year.
A large case-control study from China found that people with Parkinson’s disease were significantly less likely to test positive for Helicobacter pylori infection compared to controls. The findings suggest a potential protective link between this common stomach bacterium and Parkinson’s disease, though causality remains unproven.