Parkinson's Disease
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Positive phase 3 topline results for early Parkinson’s drug
“The initiation of treatment of patients with Parkinson’s disease represents an area of unmet need due to the side effects associated with current...
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Diabetes tied to Parkinson’s risk, more rapid disease progression
Diabetes is associated with a higher risk for incident Parkinson’s disease and with worse motor symptoms, more rapid disease progression, new...
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Parkinson’s death rate rising, reasons unclear
“Understanding why more people are dying from this disease is critical if we are going to reverse the trend.”
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FDA not recognizing efficacy of psychopharmacologic therapies
If this reorientation is going to lead to the broad indications the newer drugs likely deserve, “we have to move the FDA along,” said Dr. Stephen...
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Influenza tied to long-term increased risk for Parkinson’s disease
“The infection could be a ‘primer’ or an initial ‘hit’ to the system, maybe setting people up for PD.”
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Art therapy linked to slowed Parkinson’s progression
The positive effect of art therapy could be related to “activating the brain’s reward neural network,” said Dr. Iryna Khubetova.
From the Journals
Customized brain stimulation: New hope for severe depression
“This study points the way to a new paradigm that is desperately needed in psychiatry,” said study investigator Dr. Andrew Krystal.
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Worsening motor function tied to post COVID syndrome in Parkinson’s disease
About half of the study participants with Parkinson’s disease who developed post–COVID-19 syndrome experienced worsening motor symptoms and needed...
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Apple devices identify early Parkinson’s disease
Study results show clear differences in a finger-tapping task in the Parkinson’s disease versus control group.
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Study identifies pandemic-related stressor in Parkinson’s disease
Researchers in the Netherlands identified COVID-19–related stressors for people with Parkinson’s disease and the most vulnerable subgroups.
Conference Coverage
Efforts target underrepresented populations in Parkinson’s disease genetic studies
Genetic studies in Parkinson’s disease have been heavily skewed to European populations, but a number of efforts aim to make study populations...