Facial Recognition Program IDs Parkinson’s Patients as Older, Expressionless
Differences in the facial appearance and emotional expressions of people with Parkinson’s disease and  healthy adults were evident to a…
Articles by Forest Ray PhD
Type 2 Diabetes Linked to Increased Risk of Parkinson’s
People with type 2 diabetes may have an increased risk of developing Parkinson’s disease and for experiencing faster Parkinson’s…
Collaboration to Design New Medicines for Levodopa-induced Dyskinesia
Three Canadian research centers and one drug discovery firm are collaborating to design new medicines to treat levodopa-induced dyskinesia in…
Compound Used to Stop Smoking Can Protect Neurons in Female Mice
A plant-derived medicine used to help people stop smoking, known as cytisine, might be neuroprotective and a potential Parkinson’s…
Sesame Oil Waste Product Seen to Prevent Parkinson’s Symptoms in Mice
Sesaminol, a waste product of sesame oil production with antioxidant properties that might protect nerve cells, was found to prevent…
Project to Test Virtual Reality Weight-Shifting Strategies for Gait Freezing
A three-year U.K. project will investigate whether weight-shifting strategies, developed and tested using virtual reality, can help people with…
First US Patient Receives New Vercise Genus Deep Brain Stimulation Device
Surgeons in Detroit have become the first U.S. team to implant the newest deep brain stimulation (DBS) system —…
Stem Cell Therapies Show Promise, But Challenges and Risks Remain
Cell therapy for Parkinson’s disease — especially that based on stem cells — holds great potential but come with significant…
Air Pollution Tightly Linked to Parkinson’s Clusters in Swiss Study
Clusters of Parkinson’s disease correlated significantly with air quality in urban versus more rural areas, a study spanning the…
Inhaled Paraquat Found to Enter Brain, Affecting Sense of Smell in Male Mice
Prolonged, low-level inhalation of the common weed-killer paraquat, implicated in the risk of Parkinson’s disease, caused male mice…