Could Pollution Trigger Parkinson’s?
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…
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…
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…
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…