Regular, Sustained Physical Activity May Help Slow Disease Progression

Regular and sustained physical activity, including daily pursuits such as walking or gardening, may help slow the progression of Parkinson’s in people with early-stage disease, a long-term follow-up study suggests. Patients who exercised regularly over five years showed better motor and cognitive outcomes. “Our results are exciting, because they suggest it…

PPMI Study Expanding Enrollment

The Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI), a study sponsored by The Michael J. Fox Foundation, is expanding to recruit more participants, the Foundation announced. Currently, the study (NCT04477785) is recruiting new participants — both with and without Parkinson’s disease — at Banner Research Institute in…

Data in Online Fox Insight Surveys Similar to Traditional Efforts in Parkinson’s, Study Finds

People with Parkinson’s disease taking part in the Fox Insight study, where they self-report details about their illness, share similar clinical and demographic features with patients brought through more traditional ways into large data studies, researchers report. This finding suggests that groups recruited exclusively online can be useful to Parkinson’s…