13+ hour, 17+ min ago   (396+ words) Daya Shergill explores new advances in Parkinson’s disease treatment Sunday September 13 2026, 10:29pm Parkinson’s disease is a neurological condition which currently affects around 166,000 people in the UK. Individuals with Parkinson’s will often experience slowness of movement, tremors, stiffness and balance problems. The…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1683+ words) By JO MACFARLANE, HEALTH REPORTER For people with Parkinson’s disease and their families, there is rarely much good news. The neurological condition slowly robs sufferers of their ability to move freely and live independently, causing worsening tremors and muscle stiffness…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (532+ words) Planned study of bezisterim would enroll 175 adults with early-stage disease Written by Andrea Lobo | Sept. 10, 2026 Bezisterim, an experimental oral small molecule that Biovie is developing for people with early-stage Parkinson’s disease, is moving toward Phase 3 clinical testing, with the company…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (713+ words) Parkinson’s disease is significantly less common among people who smoke cigarettes. It’s a paradox that has perplexed researchers for decades, drawing speculation that tobacco smoke somehow protects the brain from developing the neurodegenerative condition. A prospective study on more than…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1260+ words) A new clinical trial led by Jesse Cedarbaum, MD, professor of neurology, and David Hafler, MD, William S. and Lois Stiles Edgerly Professor of Neurology, is the first such study to test whether a drug can slow or prevent the onset…...

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4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (476+ words) Study links breathing instability to carotid body dysfunction Written by Marisa Horak, MS | Sept. 9, 2026 A medication that’s currently used to treat Parkinson’s disease showed potential for addressing breathing problems associated with Rett syndrome in a mouse study. Scientists found that…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (191+ words) Long before a patient ever shows a tremor, Parkinson’s disease may already be rewriting the biology of their brain. That gap, between when the disease actually starts and when doctors can currently detect it, is one of the biggest obstacles…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (98+ words) Parkinson’s disease has long been defined by the microscopic inclusions known as Lewy bodies, dense aggregates of the protein alpha-synuclein that accumulate inside dying neurons. Yet the precise molecular events that convert a normally abundant presynaptic protein into a lethal…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (319+ words) I wrote Twitch at my kitchen table — where I work, eat with friends and family, open my post, unpack my groceries, and pay my bills. A rectangular piece of granite supported by wooden legs and iron braces; it is my…...