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March 27, 2020March 27, 2020

Possible Link Found Between Vitamin B12 Levels and Dementia in Parkinson’s

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People who have higher levels of vitamin B12 in their blood when they’re diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease may be less likely to develop dementia, a study suggests. The study, ... Read more

March 27, 2020March 27, 2020

Parkinson’s Foundation Q&A Provides Guidance From Experts on COVID-19

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While there’s no evidence that people with Parkinson’s disease are more susceptible to contracting illness, COVID-19 tends to be more severe in the elderly and those with chronic diseases. Because ... Read more

March 26, 2020March 26, 2020

Gene Therapy Trial Patients, in Death, Helping Show What Did and Didn’t Work

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Delivering a gene therapy directly to the substantia nigra, an area of the brain affected by Parkinson’s disease, led to sustained protein production for up to eight years, a post-mortem ... Read more

March 26, 2020March 26, 2020

IRL752 May Safely Manage Treatment-resistant Symptoms in Parkinson’s Dementia, Trial Shows

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Treatment with IRLAB Therapeutics‘ small molecule IRL752 is safe and well-tolerated by Parkinson’s disease patients with dementia, and may help manage symptoms that are unresponsive to levodopa, results from a ... Read more

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020

Study to Test MRI Technique for Possible Early Parkinson’s Diagnosis

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A clinical study will test the potential of a specific magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique to diagnose Parkinson’s disease at early stages. The 18-month project, supported by a grant ... Read more

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020

Video Game May Help Detect Early Gait Impairment in Parkinson’s Patients

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The Goalkeeper Game, a video game in which people assume the role of a goalkeeper in a soccer penalty shootout, may be a novel tool to detect early decline ... Read more

March 24, 2020March 24, 2020

APOE Variant Directly Tied to Lewy Body Dementias in 2 Studies

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A variant of the apolipoprotein (APOE) protein, called APOE4, has been shown to directly affect Lewy body dementias, such as Parkinson’s disease. Two separate studies, published simultaneously, found that ... Read more

March 24, 2020March 24, 2020

‘Sidekicks Anytime’ Offers Artsy Activities to Do at Home

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With people everywhere hunkering down to avoid the newly identified coronavirus known as COVID-19, the Sidekicks Anytime program is offering creative, at-home activities tailored to people with Parkinson’s disease. The ... Read more

March 23, 2020March 23, 2020

Stalevo May Be More Effective Than Other Medications for Early Parkinson’s, Meta-analysis Shows

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Stalevo (levodopa, carbidopa, and entacapone combination therapy) may be more effective but seems to be associated with more side effects than other medications to treat early Parkinson’s disease, researchers ... Read more

March 23, 2020March 23, 2020

Dyskinesia Trial Testing Dipraglurant Postponed Due to COVID-19

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A Phase 2/3 trial (Study 301) testing Addex Therapeutic’s candidate dipraglurant for people with levodopa-induced dyskinesia associated with Parkinson’s disease (PD-LID) has been postponed — until further notice — due ... Read more

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