What happens in the brain when a person experiences the characteristic movement symptoms of Parkinson's disease? Researchers ...

Parkinson's disease is fundamentally a breakdown in the functioning of a part of the brain called the basal ganglia, robbing ...

Research on Parkinson’s is revealing several risk factors related to our lifestyles and environment, and you can act on some ...

If approved, it would be the first major new drug treatment for Parkinson’s in half a century. Richard Mailman, a University ...

For decades, medical understanding of Parkinson’s disease focused exclusively on the brain, specifically the death of dopamine-producing neurons that control movement. This narrow view shaped ...

Researchers have finally seen and measured the tiny alpha-synuclein oligomers that may ignite Parkinson’s disease. With the ...

For neurologist and movement disorder specialist Dr. Jill Giordano Farmer, the fight against Parkinson’s isn’t just ...

Ozzy Osbourne, lead singer of the legendary heavy metal rock band Black Sabbath, died this week at age 76. Although Osbourne's cause of death hasn't yet been publicly released, he revealed in an ...

Answers to some of the more common questions about this disease. — -- Iconic American civil rights activist, politician and minister Jesse Jackson announced Friday that his doctors have diagnosed ...

"I remember my right hand being able to move with much more ease once the stimulation was applied, and this in turn improved ...