Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre joins a list of celebrities, like Michael J. Fox and Muhammad Ali, who have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. It’s a common but complex neurodegenerative ...

While celebrities like Michael J. Fox and Brett Favre have been open about their struggles with Parkinson’s disease, it can present differently in everyone. Because of this, it’s harder to identify ...

Eating more ultra-processed foods is linked to a higher likelihood of developing early signs of Parkinson's disease (PD). The corresponding study was published in Neurology. Eating ultra-processed ...

About 90,000 people are diagnosed with Parkinson's disease (PD) each year—one person every six minutes. While most people associate PD with tremors and stiffness, the condition is far more complex ...

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is most often categorized as a movement disorder. Its most visible symptoms involve motor function: a characteristic tremor, difficulty with gait, and trouble initiating ...

Parkinson's disease is a neurogenerative disorder that affects predominately the dopamine-producing (dopaminergic) neurons in the brain. People suffering from it face problems in motor movement, ...

Parkinson's disease (PD) is not a fatal disease, but it can indirectly reduce life expectancy, most often due to complications like aspiration pneumonia or falls. Many factors can influence survival ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Those with metabolic syndrome had a higher risk for Parkinson’s disease vs. with those without. Patients with ...

So far, the Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders has trained 40 new clinician-researchers. it was the result of the Michael J. Fox Foundation and the Edmond J. Safra Foundation partnering ...