Phasing out fossil fuels could save an estimated 5.1 million lives each year worldwide by preventing deaths attributed to ambient air pollution, including those likely due to neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s, a study has found. Transitioning to clean, renewable energy sources is not only an effective intervention to…
The University of Buffalo (UB) now has a Parkinson Voice Project (PVP) SPEAK OUT! center, featuring its signature speech therapy program, which aims to help people with Parkinson’s disease — at no cost to them — maintain their voices, minimize any swallowing problems, and better communicate with,…
Annovis Bio has announced the last patient completed the final visit in its Phase 3 clinical trial testing buntanetap for people with early-stage Parkinson’s disease. Since the study was initiated in August 2022, more than 616 patients were screened, 523 enrolled, and 471 completed the study across…
The U.K. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has given Mission Therapeutics clearance to launch a Phase 1 clinical trial testing MTX325, its experimental oral therapy for Parkinson’s disease. “The MHRA’s authorisation marks a major step forward in our mission to develop MTX325 as a disease-modifying therapy for…
Nanoplastics — very tiny particles found in the environment when plastic breaks down — that reach a person’s brain can increase the risk of Parkinson’s disease or its progression by prompting the protein alpha-synuclein to clump and turn toxic. “A recent study found that polystyrene plastic pollution, among a…
Two leading nonprofit institutes have launched the GA4GH & INCF Neuroscience Community to better connect researchers around the world studying Parkinson’s disease and other brain disorders, and to improve data sharing globally. The goal of this new network, its creators say, is to tackle the complexity underlying disorders like…
The Parkinson’s Foundation presented the Movement Disorders Clinic at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) with a plaque last month that marks its recent designation as a Comprehensive Care Center. The university was one of six centers named in June 2022 as part of the Foundation’s…
People with Parkinson’s disease at a higher risk of liver scarring, known as fibrosis, experienced faster cognitive declines compared with patients at a lower risk, according to a new analysis. In fact, over a five-year period, liver scarring was tied to a “more rapid decline in scores” across four…
People with Parkinson’s disease who maintain the recommended level of weekly physical activity tend to be those with critical health literacy, or the ability to understand health information and apply it in decisions regarding their well-being, a survey study reports. Offering targeted education about exercise and physical activity…
One month of a high-dose nicotinamide riboside (NR) supplement — thought to boost energy production in the body’s cells — was well-tolerated and eased motor symptoms among people with Parkinson’s disease in a small clinical trial. But the researchers caution that these results are preliminary, and note that data…
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