Biological engineers at MIT are using a new technique to study various organs and their interaction with our immune system. According to a recent article in Science Daily, the researchers…
According to a story from Medical Xpress, a new technological approach developed at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston will allow doctors to distinguish between Parkinson's disease…
It started with fatigue. Then came problems with moving, hand tremors and problems walking. Multiple sclerosis was ruled out by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). But the trouble didn’t go away.…
According to a story from Parkinson's News Today, the results of a global, online survey appear to indicate that genetically based, inherited Parkinson's disease is actually more common than the…
According to a story from the 23andMe Blog, Reni Winter-Evans, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, understands that you don't have to be a scientist to be a big part…
A recent study, published in Nature, examined whether or not stem cells could be modified to reduce their chance of rejection. Stem cell therapies are utilized in a wide array…
According to a story from Medical Daily, a recent study found that male Parkinson's disease patients that were sexually active tended to have less severe symptoms and slower disease progression…
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Parkinson’s disease can be a hard disease to manage. Not only does it take a physical and emotional toll on patients and loved ones, but managing every day activities can…
According to a story from Medical Xpress, new discoveries are revealing more and more about how the population of bacteria in our digestive system, known as the gut microbiome, can…
According to a story from abc.net.au, Todd Murfitt from Adelaide, Australia, was only 35 when he noticed that his left hand was starting to tremor as he typed. After a…
According to a story from Medical Xpress, a new monitoring device called the STAT-ON will allow physicians to make more informed decisions regarding changes to treatment for Parkinson's disease patients.…
According to a story from EurekAlert!, effective management of Parkinson's disease can be a serious challenge. Part of the reason that the management of the illness is so difficult is…
According to an article published by Washington University of Medicine in St. Louis, scientists appear to have succeeded in slowing axon destruction in mice through standard gene therapy. Though an…
Purdue University just reported that researchers have identified a biomarker (a measurable substance in an organism whose presence is indicative of disease or infection) that could be an early sign…
President Herbert Walker Bush passed away on Friday, November 30th at the age of 94. News coverage of his life has reminded us all of the great legacy he leaves…
Based on a report by Parkinson’s News Today, a recent study confirmed the safety of an increasingly popular Parkinson’s treatment. The treatment, known as deep brain stimulation, has long been…
New medicines for Parkinson’s may be around the corner. The United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) recently approved one drug, and accepted application another. Both new drugs treat…
A breakthrough app won the Henry Ford Health System’s first artificial intelligence challenge. A team from Israel developed the app to assist in monitoring conditions such as Parkinson’s and hydrocephalus.…
It's Fall "Y'all"! This week, we have PW Contribution from a man with CMT. We also have one on raising a child with rare disease. We also have good news…
Happy Labor Day Weekend! It is our hope that all of our readers are safe and sound with family this weekend. Given the tragic hurricane flooding in Texas (and India)…
We have reported a lot on the amazing possibilities that stem cell treatment offer the rare disease community. But something we assume, though we don't hear much about, is that…
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…
A new biotech company in Philadelphia called Enterin announced recently that their company has raised a whopping $12.7 million to support the hypothesis that Parkinson's disease starts in the gut,…
According to a recent study in Science Daily, scientists have found evidence that one treatment drug's effect on the cells for a specific condition could actually be applied to several…
There's some new information available about Parkinson's disease, and researchers are really excited about it. Earlier this month, researchers found that visual system changes in recently diagnosed Parkinson's patients can…
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