In Addition to a Cure for Parkinson’s, What Else Do We Really Want?

We all want something in life. We want to win the lottery or find our perfect mate. For those of us with a chronic illness, we’d be more than satisfied with a cure for our disease.  Until we find a cure for Parkinsons’s disease, I’ve compiled a list…

What Is Parkinsonism?

In this brief video from the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, Dr. Maurizio Facheris talks about Parkinsonism and its relationship to Parkinson’s disease. MORE: Woman invents magnetic shirt to help her husband who suffers from Parkinson’s disease Parkinsonism is a medical term used…

Trequant Launches a Wearable, Watch-like Device to Monitor Tremors

Trequant, Inc., a wearable device startup, is launching a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to market and further develop its tremor quantifying device. The Trequant wearable is designed to appear and feel like a normal analog watch, but contains advanced sensors that monitor the extremity tremors common to movement disorders like Parkinson’s disease…