Exposure to ambient trichloroethylene (TCE) was tied to an increased risk of Parkinson's disease. People living in areas with the highest outdoor TCE levels had a 10% higher relative risk. The EPA ...

Each year, around 90,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with Parkinson’s, a neurodegenerative disease that can cause tremors and affect cognition. Scientists are working to identify some of the ...

Parkinson’s disease is a progressive movement disorder that damages nerve cells in the brain. This damage causes motor symptoms like tremor, stiffness, and problems with movement, and it can also ...

Parkinson’s disease, a progressive nervous system movement disorder, weakens and damages nerve cells in parts of the brain. This leads to declining production of brain chemicals, says Karen M. Thomas, ...

Two proteins found on the surface of motor neurons in the brain may be essential in the progression of Parkinson's disease, according to new Yale School of Medicine (YSM) research. Parkinson's disease ...

Pro Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre shared an update on his health a year after revealing he was diagnosed with Parkinson's, saying he is in the early stages of the disease. Favre first revealed he ...

Hope Biosciences has linked its stem cell therapy candidate to improved motor function in Parkinson’s disease patients in a phase 2 trial. The single-site study randomized 60 people with early to ...

Amy Lindberg spent 26 years in the Navy and she still walked like it—with intention, like her chin had someplace to be. But around 2017, her right foot stopped following orders. Lindberg and her ...

More than 1 million Americans live with tremors, slowed movement and speech changes caused by Parkinson's disease—a degenerative and currently incurable condition, according to the Parkinson's ...

A new study found people with untreated obstructive sleep apnea could have an increased risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. Researchers studied medical records for more than 11 million military ...

Parkinson's disease affects more than 1.1 million people in the U.S. Early treatment of obstructive sleep apnea -- a condition that causes breathing to briefly pause -- may decrease the risk of ...

Those with the sleep condition were more likely to develop Parkinson’s disease. But one treatment was found to help. By Caroline Hopkins Legaspi In a study published Monday in JAMA Neurology, ...