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Harvard University Staff Writer Alvin Powell reports that Harvard scientists have had coffee under the microscope for years, and last year announced the discovery of six new human genes that relate to coffee, reconfirming existence of two others previously identified. The long-running Harvard Nurses Health Study has found that…

The first of a series of six new free online PD ExpertBriefings seminars has been launched by the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation with more practical tips for people living with Parkinson’s and continuing education for health professionals about under-recognized aspects of the progressive neurological disorder. “Many people living with Parkinson’s…

Noting that while motor movements in people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) generally tend to slow down and decrease in intensity many retain the ability to move more quickly and forcefully, a team of scientists at Johns Hopkins Medical in Baltimore, Maryland, report evidence — gathered from proof-of-concept experiments with joysticks…

According to two new research papers led by University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) scientists, Multiple System Atrophy (MSA), a progressive neurodegenerative disorder with similarities to Parkinson’s disease, is caused by a newly discovered type of prion, a variant of the misfolded proteins associated with incurable progressive brain diseases…

Symptoms associated with Parkinson’s disease include tremor, muscle stiffness, and slowed movement that make it difficult to execute such simple tasks as holding an eating utensil steady, and patients currently have few options for relief outside of a hospital or clinic. Some medications can help, but over time they tend…

Progressive loss of neurons in the brains of Parkinson’s patients is a slow yet inexorable process, and so far, there are no drugs that can halt this insidious process. However, teams of researchers at the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) of the University of Luxembourg have now…

Rehovot, Israel based Pharma Two B Ltd. is reportedly mulling issuance of an IPO after announcing successful results in the company’s Phase IIb pivotal study of P2B001 for treatment of early stage Parkinson’s Disease (PD) which is boosting the company’s confidence in taking its quest for financing to…

Many late-stage Parkinson’s disease patients have a high risk of suffering dangerous, sometimes fatal, falls. A major reason for increased propensity for falling is the disabling Parkinson’s symptom referred to as “Freezing of Gait” (FoG) — brief episodes of inability to step forward typically occurring during initiation of a step or…

Tekes, the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation, has granted a 2,903,000 EUR R&D loan to Herantis Pharma Plc. — a Finnish a pharmaceutical company that specializes in new drug research and development — to support its clinical study of Cerebral Dopamine Neurotrophic Factor (CDNF), a proprietary neuroprotective and…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday, June 12 announced that it has approved an implantable deep brain stimulation device called the Brio Neurostimulation System, designed to help reduce symptoms associated with Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor, the latter a movement disorder and one of the most common…