At present, Parkinson's disease is a chronic disease with no known cure. While symptoms can be managed with medication, surgical treatments and other forms of therapy, they continue to worsen over ...

Parkinson’s disease affects more than 10 million people worldwide. Discover its causes, symptoms, and the latest innovations in diagnosis and treatment.

Parkinson’s disease can take years, sometimes decades to diagnose. Often associated with tremors, there are close to 40 symptoms including cognitive impairment, speech issues, body temperature ...

Parkinson’s may be due to environmental causes. One million people have the neurodegenerative disease that robs them of their mobility. For some, the cause is genetic. For most, it’s unknown ...

Parkinson ‘s disease affects nearly one million Americans, with approximately 60,000 new diagnoses each year. Yet studies suggest that up to 25% of patients diagnosed with Parkinson’s may ...

Discover how Parkinson's disease begins in the gut, not the brain. Learn the early digestive warning signs that appear years before motor symptoms.

Further causes of Parkinson’s disease are mitochondrial failure, lysosomal-autophagy pathway abnormalities, oxidative stress, and persistent neuroinflammation.

The exact cause of Parkinson’s disease remains unknown; however, researchers know some genetic factors contribute to the condition, such as a mutation in the PINK1 gene. A new study for the ...

Remember, doctors don't really know what causes Parkinson's, but according to the Mayo Clinic, risk factors for Parkinson’s disease can include: Being older (symptoms usually start around age 50) ...

On a special episode (first released on May 29, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: Parkinson’s is a disease that afflicts an estimated 90,000 Americans every year. Dr. Lorenz Studer and Dr. Viviane ...

“Parkinson's disease is increasing at an exponential rate,” said Air Force Capt. (Dr.) William Hoffman, medical director of Joint Integrated Clinical Medicine, Office of Science and Technology ...