Demographics, social experiences, mental health, and sexual well-being are among factors playing significant roles in shaping health-related quality of life for people with  Parkinson’s disease, a study from Ethiopia showed. “The age of participants, sex, coping [strategies], social support, [Parkinson’s]-related stigma, depression, sexual dysfunction and health satisfaction were independent…

If you’ve been a regular reader of my column over the past few years (thank you!), you may have noticed I took some time off this summer. I work full time at another job, in addition to writing this column weekly. And, you know, I live with Parkinson’s disease.

A Parkinson’s disease therapy delivered through a wearable device eased motor function in some patients with advanced Parkinson’s, according to preliminary observations from an ongoing Phase 1b trial. An independent safety monitoring committee recommended that the trial of SER-252, Serina Therapeutics’ long-acting form of apomorphine, advance to a…

A new clinical trial led by scientists at the Yale School of Medicine is testing whether targeting inflammation in people at high risk of Parkinson’s disease can prevent or slow disease development. In the PRISMS study (NCT06996652), which recently enrolled its first participant, researchers are testing adalimumab, an…

Several years ago, I wrote a column that described the sense of presence that Parkinson’s disease brought to our lives after my dad’s diagnosis in 2013. After the whirlwind of the diagnosis and navigating the logistics of what it meant for my dad to have the condition, we began…