Parkinson Italia — a network of 30 associations for patients and caregivers in Italy — is backing an initiative by the Prada Foundation that seeks to highlight the importance of prevention and early treatment of neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s. The campaign, dubbed Preserving the Brain: A…
A $13.2 million grant from The Marcus Foundation will support a Yale School of Medicine clinical trial that could mark the first step toward a preventive treatment for Parkinson’s disease, according to a Yale press release. The trial will assess whether an existing treatment for autoimmune disorders…
Factors such as exposure to environmental toxins and repeated blows to the head — all of which can be reduced with prevention efforts — may account for nearly 1 in 3 cases of Parkinson’s disease among men, and 1 in 4 among women. That’s according to a study of…
A new way of diagnosing Parkinson’s disease based on manifestations that appear decades before motor symptoms — the current hallmarks for diagnosis — might allow early diagnosis and even prevention. The study, “From Prodromal to Overt Parkinson’s Disease: Towards a New Definition in the Year 2040,” was published in…
Dancing helps prevent Parkinson’s disease, obesity, dementia, depression and anxiety, says Dr. Patricia Bragg, CEO of organic health company Bragg Live Food Products. “New studies show that dancing increases your memory and helps prevent a wide variety of diseases such as Alzheimer’s,” Bragg said in a press release.
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