Dear Curious, Recognizing the early signs of Parkinson’s disease is challenging because the symptoms are often subtle and/or ...

Could it be possible to diagnose Parkinson's disease with the help of a simple retinal exam? The idea should be seriously considered, according to a study published in the May issue of Neurobiology of ...

Parkinson’s disease is a progressive disorder of later life, defined clinically by motor features (asymmetric bradykinesia, rigidity, tremor, and imbalance) and pathologically by neuronal degeneration ...

The sunbird Syn (TM) assay accurately classified Parkinson's disease-positive blood samples with 81% accuracy through the direct detection of EV-bound aggregated alpha-synuclein proteins -- -- With no ...

The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday it had not identified any "new or unexpected safety findings" related to a drug used to treat psychosis in Parkinson's patients, though it did find ...

A new drug has shown promise in combating Parkinson’s disease while minimizing unwanted side effects. The once-daily pill, tavapadon, was found to relieve symptoms — including stiffness, coordination, ...

The number of people living with Parkinson's disease globally has doubled in the past 25 years. Yet the treatment and monitoring of the neurological disease seems many decades behind. Clinicians ...

Verily Life Sciences has hit a snag in bringing a Parkinson’s disease exam tool to its research smartwatch. The Alphabet Company’s bid to add the virtual motor exam (VME III) was recently rejected by ...

FDA has rejected Verily's request to use a wrist-worn wearable device to track changes in the motor symptoms of clinical trial subjects with Parkinson's disease. Verily, a sibling company of Google, ...