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Parkinson’s Disease Might Be Triggered By Traumatic Brain Injury

Researchers at Mount Sinai Hospital and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York discovered that traumatic brain injury can often precede the development of Parkinson’s disease. The study “Association of Traumatic Brain Injury With Late-Life Neurodegenerative Conditions and Neuropathologic Findings,” published in …

Add-on Therapy for ‘Off’ Episodes in Parkinson’s, Ongentys, Approved for Use in Europe

Parkinson’s disease patients in Europe will soon have to access a new treatment option for their disease, after the European Commission (EC) approved the use of  Ongentys (opicapone) — developed and marketed by Bial — as an adjunctive therapy for patients with motor fluctuation. The drug, a third-generation catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitor, is approved as…