Possibility of Developing Parkinson’s Disease Increases If You Live Near a Dry Cleaner. These States Have the Highest Risk
NEED TO KNOW Living near dry cleaners increases Parkinson’s disease risk, with the highest rates in Southern Illinois…
Living near a dry cleaner may come with an unexpected Parkinson’s disease link
A nationwide Medicare study found a clear distance-response pattern between residential proximity to dry cleaners and Parkinson’s disease,…
Michael J. Fox saw Harrison Ford’s Parkinson’s acting on ‘Shrinking,’ and immediately reached out
The Apple series Shrinking centers around actor Jason Segel, who plays a therapist juggling grief, fatherhood, and experimenting…
NFL players 4x more likely to die due to neurodegenerative disease
Football has long sold a contradiction: elite strength, elite conditioning, elite survival. But beneath that picture, a much…
Women with Parkinson’s may be more vulnerable to Alzheimer’s pathology
Women with Parkinson’s disease may be more vulnerable to Alzheimer’s-related changes in the brain than men, according to…
Mini Brains Help Identify Treatment for Rare Form Parkinson’s Disease
Credit: wildpixel / iStock / Getty Images Plus Brain organoids created in the lab using patient cells have…
Scientists Say Exercise May Be the Closest Thing to a Parkinson’s “Medicine” Yet
Researchers are exploring how aerobic exercise may help slow Parkinson’s disease by boosting protective brain chemicals and lowering…
Whale Meat May Help Slow Parkinson’s Disease, Research Indicates
A compound found in abundance in baleen whale meat may help prevent Parkinson’s disease, an incurable brain disorder,…
Rock Steady Boxing Expands with Adaptive Classes for Parkinson’s Fighters
An inspiring fitness program aimed at helping people battle Parkinson’s disease is growing to reach even more participants.…
Hidden signs in your gut that may indicate Parkinson’s disease
Go with your gut. Researchers at University College London have isolated a “microbial signature” in the gut that…
How the Amherst Senior Center is fighting Parkinson’s with a boxing ‘punch’
AMHERST, NY (WKBW) — A new boxing program at the Amherst Senior Center is helping people fight back…
Gut microbiome may predict Parkinson’s risk years before symptoms, study finds
The microbes living in a person’s gut may signal their risk of developing Parkinson’s disease before any symptoms…