Parkinson’s disease doesn’t begin in the brain at all—it starts in the digestive system, sometimes decades before the first tremor appears.

By 2050, there will be an estimated 25.2 million people living with Parkinson’s disease worldwide, a 112 percent increase from 2021, according to a new study published in the journal BMJ.

One link between agricultural chemicals and Parkinson's disease was discovered by accident. In the late 1980s, attempts to concoct a heroin-like drug resulted in a chemical called MPTP, Fasano said.

Eating about a dozen servings of ultraprocessed food each day could more than double your risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, according to a new study. A single serving in the study was 8 ...

1 of 3 | A new, simple blood test developed by Israeli researchers could allow Parkinson's disease sufferers to get an early warning before their motor symptoms manifest, by which time it is too ...

Long-term consumption of a high level of ultraprocessed foods was linked with an uptick in nonmotor prodromal Parkinson's disease symptoms, a prospective study of nearly 43,000 U.S. health ...

Earwax may provide an unexpected early warning of Parkinson’s disease (PD), according to new research. Peakstock – stock.adobe.com In this recent study, researchers in China analyzed wax swabs ...

Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disease estimated to affect about 10 million people globally, and about 1.1 million people in the United States, according to the Parkinson's Foundation.

That’s because PD is at this moment the second most common and fastest-growing neurological disease in the world. In the U.S., close to 90,000 PD cases are newly diagnosed each year.

Seeding kinetics also predicted cognitive decline in a subgroup of Parkinson's patients in the PPMI cohort who did not have Alzheimer's disease co-pathology (HR 1.80, 95% CI 1.03-3.18, P =0.04).

Ear wax may provide an unexpected early warning of Parkinson’s disease (PD), according to new research. In particular, its odor could help clinicians detect the progressive neurological movement ...