Dogs trained to detect Parkinson’s disease using scent have shown remarkable accuracy in new research. In a double-blind trial, they identified skin swabs from people with Parkinson’s with up to 80% ...

The usually harmless Human Pegivirus has been found in brain samples from Parkinson’s patients. Researchers say this is the first time it’s been found in brain tissue.

In the first paper, two dogs trained to distinguish sebum swabs from people with and without Parkinson's disease demonstrated ...

New research shows dogs can detect Parkinson’s disease with striking accuracy by sniffing patients’ skin swabs. Learn how this breakthrough could help doctors diagnose earlier.

Trained detection dogs can identify Parkinson’s disease (PD) with remarkable accuracy by sniffing skin swabs, according to a new study.

A team of neuroscientists in Australia has found that restoring copper levels in the brain dramatically reduced Parkinson-like damage in mice. The approach restored a protein’s function, and the same ...

The value of a recent biochemical discovery can be seen in the case of an 8-year-old boy who was playing typical sports in ...

A usually harmless virus might be an environmental trigger or contributor to Parkinson’s disease, a new study suggests. Researchers at Northwestern Medicine developed a tool called ‘ViroFind,’ which ...

Parkinson's disease is a neurogenerative disease that affects more than 1 million people in the U.S. While some cases are ...

Anxiety emerges early in patients with Parkinson's Disease, and not just as an emotional response to a difficult ...

Parkinson’s disease often starts on one side of the body, and new research shows this asymmetry influences how non-motor symptoms progress.

Groundbreaking research by Sydney University found a new brain protein involved in Parkinson’s disease and a way to modify it ...