Mary Chapman, features writer —

The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) is partnering with Acadia Pharmaceuticals to provide patients and caregivers with free educational materials focused on cognitive changes and other non-motor symptoms of the disease. Of the roughly six million people globally who live with Parkinson’s, some 40%…

Through a partnership, the Parkinson’s Foundation and Amazon’s Alexa cloud-based voice service are helping to make Parkinson’s (PD) education and resources available to more people. Alexa-enabled devices now cite Parkinson’s Foundation sources, in English or Spanish, when answering questions about the disease. Alexa is available on Amazon Echo…

The Parkinson’s Foundation has expanded its PD GENEration national study to include at-home genetic testing and virtual counseling in Spanish as well as English. Opened in 2019 through the organization and partly supported by Biogen, PD GENEration offers Parkinson’s (PD) patients free genetic testing plus…

Although Parkinson’s disease (PD) is largely known for tremor and other motor symptoms, the vast majority of patients in an informal survey said they noticed non-motor issues, such as cognitive changes, first. The one-question Facebook survey, conducted by the medical device company PhotoPharmics, was reported to draw more…

The United Kingdom’s Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) are collaborating to support eight new regenerative medicine projects seeking to develop therapies for disorders such as Parkinson’s disease (PD). The landmark £7 million (about $9 million)…

A partnership between Kizik and the Parkinson’s Foundation aims to make the company’s hands-free shoes more available to Parkinson’s patients. The collaboration includes a Kizik donation of an unspecified amount to the nonprofit organization. And it is in keeping with the foundation’s goal of making life better for …

Scientists at two Australia universities are developing a program that will study the effects of exercise on movement and balance in people with Parkinson’s disease. Researchers at James Cook University (JCU) and La Trobe University are seeking ambulatory patients who are able to perform twice-weekly…

The Parkinson’s Foundation is expanding its virtual programming to support the Parkinson’s disease (PD) community during the global COVID-19 outbreak. As part of its efforts, the organization is moving its signature fundraising walk event — Parkinson’s Moving Day — online, and adding or enhancing other online…

The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) has awarded more than $8.8 million in wide-ranging grants to scientists aiming to better understand, diagnose, and treat Parkinson’s disease (PD). The 49 grant awards align with the Foundation’s mission to find a cure for this progressive neurodegenerative disease, and…

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has awarded the Parkinson’s Foundation and the University of Rochester Medical Center $1.4 million to establish palliative care as a standard across the foundation’s Center of Excellence Network in the U.S. This initiative,  “Implementing Team-based Outpatient Palliative Care in Parkinson Foundation Centers of Excellence,”…