Research

It’s the time of year when we begin to feel some distinction in our bodies that relate to the change in light. Our body clocks, more formally known as our...

One wonderful personality trait of my Indian father’s is that he typically does not do what he does not want to do. Managing this with his Parkinson’s has not been...

I have been extremely blessed to have been given the privilege to work in all spheres impacting the global Parkinson’s community. Over the last decade, I have advocated as a...

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a movement disorder, meaning that it affects motor function. There is a wealth of research from the past few years suggesting that dance offers significant benefits...

A cellular hallmark of Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the death of neurons involved in movement. There may be many causes of this, but one cause involves gene mutations in the...

There may be promise of restored movement for people with Parkinson’s who have received electrical implants in their spine. Canadian researchers have developed and tested spinal electrical stimulation that enables...

Axovant, a clinical-stage gene therapy company that specifically investigates new treatment options for neuromuscular and neurological conditions, has released promising data from the Phase II SUNRISE-PD study. The study, which...

Researchers have known for quite some time that there is a link between the gut and the brain. In more recent years, researchers have made a connection between proteins known...

A Parkinson's diagnosis is a shock, but what can make it more difficult is the lack of information available for patients and their loved ones. Many people quickly jump online...

Recently, results have been published in the journals of Brain and The Journal of Parkinson’s Disease from a clinical trial studying Glial Cell Line Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF) as a...

An optical scan of the retina may be able to detect changes marking the early stages of Parkinson's disease (PD). Researchers in South Korea published a report in the journal...

Art therapy is a technique that has been applied to improve numerous varied conditions. It has been demonstrated to reduce stress, lower blood pressure, and improve dexterity. It’s one of...

Researchers at the Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine (IBB) of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in Spain analyzed over 14,000 molecules looking to find one that interferes with the aggregation...

This past month, a set of guidelines, or recommendations, for the use of biomarkers in Parkinson’s disease (PD) research was published in Science Translational Medicine.1 A biomarker is a biological...

Canadian researchers with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have been studying the effects of depression on the brain and have found that inflammation in the brain is...

Go ahead and cry... a few tears may be the newest way to diagnose Parkinson's disease (PD). That's right, it seems that proteins found in tears of people with PD...

Mannitol, also known as manna sugar, is a colorless, sweet sugar alcohol. A sweetener produced by plants, its name is derived from the word manna, which was the bread from...

"You Smell!" A phrase often used by children may have new meaning. New research suggests that it is possible to detect Parkinson’s disease (PD) by sniffing someone’s skin. Having “a...

For people with Parkinson’s disease (PD), early diagnosis can lead to better health outcomes. If detected sooner, early PD treatments (such as physical therapy and exercise) can delay disease progression...

The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) recently published findings from The Fox Investigation for New Discovery of Biomarkers (BioFIND) study in the journal Movement Disorders. The BioFIND...