Parkinson's Disease News

Dozens of residents laced up their sneakers for a good cause today. It was all part of "Moving Day Tallahasee"...a walk to raise awareness for Parkinson's Disease.

To help buy retired Milton teacher Jim Rotar a device to help him communicate, make checks payable to Milton Middle School with Jim Rotar in the memo line.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.- Being diagnosed with an incurable disorder could be devastating news.

Accumulation of Alpha-synuclein Causes Colonic Dysmotility Independently of Enteric Nervous Damage in the Early Stage of Parkinson's Disease .

At the end of 2011, Statistics New Zealand indicated 13 percent of the population were older than 65, and predicted that, in the next 20 years, the figure would increase to more than 20 percent.

The link between dysfunctional mitochondria and Parkinson's disease is known, but this new research shows that it is also present in other brain disorders.

Age at onset serves as a predictor of progression and mortality in sporadic Parkinson's disease .

This undated image made available by the Oregon Health & Science University in May 2013 shows a stem cell colony developed from cloned human embryos.

Guitarist and producer Mike Gardner may forever be most renowned as one-third of the '80s hard-rock outfit PKM .

Louisville-based pharmaceuticals firm U.S. WorldMeds has launched a clinical trial investigating a drug called Apokyn as a treatment for morning akinesia in Parkinson's disease patients.

Advisors, LLC, a leading provider of investment research and investor relations services in the life sciences sector, today announced that it has initiated coverage of is now focused on the development of therapeutic antibodies to treat AL and AA amyloidosis , Parkinson's disease , and targeting melanoma cell adhesion molecule for the treatment of ... (more)

In this week's Ask the Doctors segment, we tackle the issue of Parkinson's disease.

Oregon Health & Science University on Wednesday announced a major scientific breakthrough that could accelerate treatments for Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, cardiac disease and spinal injuries.

Kinesia ProView provides a standardized platform to quantitatively assess how symptoms such as tremor, bradykinesia, and dyskinesias change in response to specific DBS settings during outpatient programming procedures.

Scientists have finally recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos, a longstanding goal that could lead to new treatments for such illnesses as Parkinson's disease and diabetes.

A recent raft of studies has revealed that there are far more unregulated and dangerous chemicals and drugs in U.S. waterways than was perhaps first imagined.

Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have used tiny doses of a leukemia drug to halt accumulation of toxic proteins linked to Parkinson's disease in the brains of mice.

Mary Munns Healey, 66, died May 4 of complications from Parkinson's disease, among other ailments, according to Legacy.com . Known as Mimi, the daughter of Naval officer David L. Munns was born in Long Beach and moved a great deal in her childhood.

A soon to be opened rehab clinic for people suffering Parkinson's disease getting a much needed funding boost from a local hockey hero.

Michael J Fox 's return to television could turn out to be something very special indeed.