People with Parkinson’s disease who experience visual hallucinations have reduced activity in the brain’s cholinergic system, a network of nerve cells that use the chemical messenger acetylcholine, a brain imaging study found. Impaired cholinergic signaling in certain brain regions early on predicted who would later develop visual hallucinations. The…
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There are few sounds more frightening during a Texas summer than an air conditioner suddenly going silent. Temperatures were climbing past 100 degrees, the house was getting warmer by the minute, and my family was becoming increasingly unnerved. We called a few air-conditioning companies, but between the heat wave and…
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Remepy has raised $36 million in financing, which the company will use in part to fund a late-stage clinical trial testing Hybridopa, its novel treatment strategy for Parkinson’s disease that combines medication with a mobile application. With these funds in hand, the New York-based Remepy expects to launch…
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Life takes many twists and turns and often leads you to places you never imagined. The addition of my husband Arman’s Parkinson’s disease to our lives has certainly taken us on an unexpected journey. As I set out on this caregiver path, I quickly realized that there is no…
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Changes in gut bacteria may be linked to Parkinson’s disease and can vary with age, disease severity, and medications, but more research is needed to understand whether these changes actually contribute to how symptoms develop and progress, a study suggests. “These findings regarding the relationships between microbial communities…
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Higher levels of physical activity are associated with slower worsening of certain motor symptoms and better preservation of certain measures of cognitive function in people with Parkinson’s disease, according to a recent study. People who were more physically active also showed a slower decline in…
Becoming educated and informed about Parkinson’s is a good first step. Here you’ll find general information about the disease, including diagnosis, symptoms, and causes.
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