Note: This column describes the author’s own experiences with various medications used to treat Parkinson’s disease. Not everyone will have the same response to treatment. Consult your doctor before starting or stopping a therapy. You know how when professional wrestlers or politicians take the stage, they’ll often play…

Infection with a common and otherwise harmless virus called human pegivirus (HPgV) might play a hidden role in Parkinson’s disease, particularly for those with specific genetic risks, according to a new study. “For a virus that was thought to be harmless, these findings suggest it may have important effects,…

Neu Health is launching its smartphone-based system to measure tremors in people with Parkinson’s disease in the U.S. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the company’s digital tool to track Parkinson’s symptoms remotely, which uses only a smartphone to measure tremor severity, reducing reliance on wearables…

There’s a particular kind of fear that creeps in when living with Parkinson’s disease. It’s not the shaking or the stiffness that haunts me the most; it’s the quiet dread that my own mind might one day turn against me. Not in some dramatic, movie-style way, but in the…

Researchers have uncovered how exposure to a common environmental pesticide may disrupt brain function in ways that contribute to Parkinson’s disease. Exposing rats to rotenone, a pesticide mostly banned in the U.S. and Canada, but still used in lake management, triggered changes in the activation of certain genes in…