Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) does not appear to treat depressive symptoms in patients with Parkinson’s disease, although it may improve motor symptoms,…
Magdalena Kegel
Magdalena is a writer with a passion for bridging the gap between the people performing research, and those who want or need to understand it. She writes about medical science and drug discovery. She holds an MS in Pharmaceutical Bioscience and a PhD — spanning the fields of psychiatry, immunology, and neuropharmacology — from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.
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Articles by Magdalena Kegel
Even though 60 percent of Parkinson’s Disease patients develop psychotic symptoms, it was only in 2016 that a treatment…
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) may be safe for Parkinson’s disease patients who have dementia, according to a small clinical trial…
Throughout the past year, Parkinson’s News Today has brought you news on Parkinson’s disease treatment development, clinical trials, research,…
An implanted wireless device that is smaller than a cubic millimeter may be the future for deep brain stimulation in…
Researchers have uncovered how aggregates of the Parkinson’s disease-associated protein alpha-synuclein damages nerve cells. The discovery offers scientists a…
Deep brain stimulation surgery, used to treat the effects of Parkinson’s disease, is performed better when patients are asleep rather…
Ultrasound therapy can reduce the tremors of Parkinson’s patients who fail to respond to medication, a small clinical trial suggests.
People with diabetes who use a group of drugs called glitazones are 28 percent less likely to develop Parkinson’s disease,…
In an unexpected finding, researchers demonstrated that certain asthma drugs might protect from developing Parkinson’s disease by lowering the production…