Bial, a Portugal-based pharmaceutical company, launched an international campaign for World Parkinson’s Day — recognized today, April 11 — to raise awareness and help people living with Parkinson’s disease. The campaign, called “Me At My Best,” aims to show that it is possible for many who have Parkinson’s to live a…
The Journal of Parkinson’s Disease has organized a special issue for Parkinson’s Awareness Month, to mark the 200th anniversary of James Parkinson’s first account of the disease that would one day bear his name. This is a special issue of the Journal of Parkinson’s Disease. (Photo…
The Vancouver-based Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD), the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital at McGill University (MNI) and Merck Canada have jointly established an innovative platform to develop and advance new drugs for Parkinson’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other neurological illnesses. The initiative, dubbed NeuroCDRD, initially…
The 23rd Parkinson’s Unity Walk will take place on April 22 in New York City’s Central Park, according to The Parkinson Alliance. The walk is the largest grassroots fundraiser for Parkinson’s disease research in the U.S. Thousands of patients, caregivers, family, and friends will gather for the walk (or participate from home) to raise money for the…
Parkinson’s disease patients are known to be at a higher risk of falling, due to the changes in the brain caused by the disease. Recently, a study found that exercise may help prevent these falls. Researchers found that 25% of recently-diagnosed Parkinson’s patients suffer a fall in their first…
Long forgotten by his own country, 18th-century English-born physician James Parkinson was honored at a global conference March 10-11 to mark two centuries of progress in understanding the disease that today bears his name. Organized by the International Parkinson and Movement Disease Society (MDS), the event paid homage to…
The Parkinson’s Foundation has received $250,000 to come up with new ways to eliminate improve healthcare for women that have Parkinson’s disease (PD). The foundation’s project, “Women and PD TALK,” comes out of a recognition that historically, PD research has been too focused on men. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI),…
Jazz Pharmaceuticals has enrolled the first patient in a Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating its drug candidate JZP-110 as a potential treatment for excessive sleepiness in patients with Parkinson’s disease. JZP-110 is a selective dopamine and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (DNRI) in late-stage development for the treatment of excessive sleepiness…
The International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society (MDS) is hosting the 1st Pan American Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Congress (PAS Congress) this weekend. The inaugural meeting, whose theme is “Movement Disorders in the Americas: State of the Art,” runs from today until Sunday, Feb. 26, at the…
New brain imaging techniques are allowing researchers to explore the brain in ever greater detail, helping them to better understand potential complications and new treatments for Parkinson’s and other neurological diseases. Three of these new technologies were recently showcased at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting. They…
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