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Supporters gear up for Moving Day Walks in 33 US cities this spring

Moving Day, a signature fundraiser for the Parkinson’s Foundation, will join communities this spring to raise awareness and money to support care for people with Parkinson’s disease, and advance research toward better treatments. The events will take place in 33 cities across the U.S. from March 15 to…

Combined DBS approach found safe, feasible in Parkinson’s

Inserting a piece of nerve tissue from a patient’s ankle into the brain during deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery appears a safe and feasible way to support damaged dopaminergic neurons in Parkinson’s disease, with the goal of slowing symptom progression. That’s according to results from a Phase 1…

FGF-1 improves blood flow, motor function in Parkinson’s patient

Six months of treatment with intranasal FGF-1, a naturally occurring molecule that promotes blood vessel growth, improved blood flow in a brain region profoundly affected by Parkinson’s disease, along with motor function, in the first patient to undergo both assessments. That’s according to a press release by…

Sleep, relationship quality tied to women’s sexual health: Study

Sexual health among women with Parkinson’s disease is associated with sleep quality and the quality of the relationships they have with their partners, a study in Brazil found. The study analyzed the short- and long-term sexual health of 100 women with mild to moderate disease who were sexually active…

Study offers insight into how sex differences affect Parkinson’s

Male and female mice show different responses to toxic alpha-synuclein clumps, a hallmark of Parkinson’s disease, with males experiencing faster and more aggressive neurodegeneration and females showing earlier brain damage before motor symptoms appear, a study has found. Understanding these sex differences could help develop better, more personalized…