Weizmann Institute of Science researchers develop device to recognize people's unique respiration, allowing scientists to ...

Experts cite the steady march of state legalization — use by older people is highest in those states — while surveys show ...

Benjamin Han, a geriatrician and addiction medicine specialist at the University of California-San Diego, tells his students a cautionary tale about a 76-year-old patient who, like many older people, ...

The cannabis industry also markets its products to older adults. The Trulieve chain gives a 10% discount, both in stores and ...

Israel has no clinical trials for PSP. That means I have no access to this potential treatment—unless I move back to the UK.

More older people are using cannabis products regularly, but research suggests their cannabis-related health problems are ...

Paula Ritchie wasn’t dying, but under Canada’s new rules, she qualified for a medically assisted death. Was that kindness or ...

The monsoon season can take a toll on people’s mental health because it can trigger loneliness, low energy, and mood swings due to the lack of sunlight ...

This diagnostic challenge stems from several factors: No definitive laboratory test exists to confirm Parkinson’s disease during life. Diagnosis relies primarily on clinical examination and ...

Parkinson's disease is often not diagnosed until later stages, when many nerve cells in the brain have already died off, and movement problems have started. This means that many people don't start ...

Scientists have announced a breakthrough in Parkinson’s disease detection using a new ... Unlike existing diagnostic methods, the iRS technology provides more than a simple positive or negative ...

One particularly significant breakthrough came when [18 F]C05-05 successfully visualized synucleinopathies in 10 patients meeting clinical diagnostic criteria for Parkinson's disease or dementia ...