A new clinical study starts soon and researchers are looking for 75 volunteers. The phase two clinical trial will be testing the safety and tolerability of the drug nilotinib in…
Doctors of semi-professional soccer player, Matt Dimbylow, believes he developed Parkinson's disease at the young age of 36-years-old due to a head injury he sustained playing the sport, reports Mirror.…
Coffee or tea is the preferred way for many people to start their morning. That extra boost of caffeine just seems to get things rolling. New research suggests that caffeine…
Doctors from the Colorado University School of Medicine recently conducted research indicating that an exercise protein could help prevent the onset of Parkinson’s disease symptoms. Parkinson’s disease is a rare…
A study recently published in the journal, Brain, has suggested that deficiencies in lysosomal storage genes may promote the development of Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s disease is a central nervous system…
The Washington Post published a bizarre story earlier this month that is equal parts interesting and terrifying! A US National Security Agency counterintelligence officer (AKA a spy) is claiming that while…
Although Parkinson's disease (PD) affects men and women equally, researchers have discovered an area of disparity: care giving. A study published this month in Neurology by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine…
If you have a rare disease, chances are, sometimes you feel all alone in your experience. When you look around, there are people all over the world fighting similar battles.…
Whenever I'm under a lot of pressure, I daydream about a day off, where I could watch true crime shows, eat pizza in bed, and never get out of my…
Since the birth of industrialization, societies have wrestled with the effects of pollution. Whether it contaminates the air, water, or soil, it can negatively impact human health, and scientists are…
Reverend Jesse Jackson has been a guiding force in Civil Rights activism for over 50 years. He's a man of many facets: a baptist minister, presidential candidate, powerful orator, and…
What if there was a non-invasive option for patients who need surgery for Parkinson's disease? Something that involved no scalpels, no incision, no opening of the skull. A new study…
Over the years, I've talked to dozens of people with Parkinson's disease (PD). They come from all socio-economic backgrounds. Rich and poor. Male and female. But the one thing they…
It’s fair to say that many (if not most) Americans are inseparable from their smart phones, and that a device that was pure sci-fi 25 or 30 years ago is…
Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative movement disorder of the central nervous system that insidiously forms, even starting subtly with a single tremor, progressing into slurred speech, loss of balance, and…
Norway scientists Suchi Mittal, et al. have found compounds that reduce levels of a key gene that increases the risk of developing Parkinson's disease. Parkinson's disease is a degenerative central…
Over the years, I've talked with dozens of people with Parkinson's disease (PD). Male or female, old or young, they tend to have one characteristic in common, even if they…
Happy Friday! This week, we have a story that might break your heart about a woman who battled cystic fibrosis. But we also have a story that might inspire you about a…
Happy August Patient Worthy Peeps! This week, we have some awesome posts to keep you up-to-date on some of the latest rare disease developments. There's news on a hopeful possible…
Constipation. It's not the first symptom you think of when considering the effects of Parkinson's Disease (PD). Tremors, rigidity, insomnia, and depression are all well-known symptoms of PD. Constipation? Not…
Parkinson's disease (PD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease) are both neurodegenerative conditions that have no one definitive cause—though there are risk factors linked to…
As a research geek who has researched and written dozens of articles about Parkinson's disease (PD), let me assure you there is a lot of bad information out there. But there…
Dogs have been helping humans for centuries. As early as the mid-1700s, dogs were being used by the blind as guides. In 1929, The Seeing Eye, the first guide dog…
Welcome Back to Editor's Choice! The end of the week is finally here, and we have some reading material for you. First, we have an awesome story of a CF…
Scientists may have discovered something crucial for the future of Parkinson's research. They found a new way to observe changes in the brain from Parkinson's disease. Specifically, research suggests that…
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