As a resident of Arizona, in the Valley of the Sun, as the Phoenix metro area is known, I am familiar with how quickly one can become dehydrated. Scorching summertime desert temperatures can spike above 100 degrees, prompting residents to reach for water frequently, and making Arizona one of the…

Accidental falls and co-existing conditions, or comorbidities, like fatigue, depression, and sleeping problems are frequent in older adults with either Parkinson’s disease or essential tremor syndrome, suggesting “similar central origins” for these two disorders, a study reported. Its data also support essential tremor being found in older Parkinson’s patients, and Parkinson’s in those…

A prior COVID-19 infection in mice increased their susceptibility to nerve cell loss caused by MPTP, a neurotoxin known to cause symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, according to a recent study. The findings suggest that while COVID-19 alone likely does not cause Parkinson’s, it may make nerve cells more sensitive…

AbbVie has submitted a new drug application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for ABBV-951 (foscarbidopa/foslevodopa), its investigational under-the-skin formulation of carbidopa/levodopa for the treatment of motor fluctuations in advanced Parkinson’s disease. If approved, ABBV-951 will provide patients in the U.S. with a first-of-its-kind, 24-hour, continuous…

A protein called STING, which normally helps sense infectious threats like viruses, may help to drive the inflammation that spurs neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s disease, according to a study in mouse and cell models. The study, “STING mediates neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation in nigrostriatal α-synucleinopathy,” was published in …