Researchers believe they have discovered the cause of Parkinson's disease and hope to have treatments to stop its devastating progression -- and possibly prevent new cases -- in a few years. In an ...
For decades, Parkinson’s disease has been framed as a straightforward story about dying brain cells and dwindling dopamine. A ...
For years, researchers have watched the tiny power plants inside brain cells falter in Parkinson’s disease and wondered what came first. Did those damaged mitochondria trigger the illness, or did they ...
More than 10 million people worldwide are living with Parkinson’s disease, a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that leads to symptoms such as tremors, slow movement, limb stiffness, and balance ...
A team of scientists led by Prof. Patrik Verstreken (VIB-KU Leuven) has identified a new genetic mutation that may cause a form of early-onset Parkinsonism. The mutation, located in a gene called ...
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Researchers say Parkinson’s risk is largely preventable

Parkinson’s disease is often described as an inevitable byproduct of getting older, but a growing body of research is challenging that assumption and arguing that much of the global burden could be ...
Parkinson's disease affects millions of people around the world. There are actually 10 million people on a worldwide scale that have the neurodegenerative disorder, according to the Parkinson's ...
This week we are going to discuss tremors in the individual, particularly hand tremors which are caused by a variety of conditions. Have you ever noticed someone tremoring for no apparent reason? Many ...