When Michael Okun, MD, first used the term “Parkinson’s pandemic,” he was written off as alarmist. That was over a decade ago, and since then, rates of the neurodegenerative disease have risen at a ...

Breakfast cereal, packaged snacks, and sugary drinks may seem harmless in moderation. Yet new research suggests that eating too many highly processed items could raise the odds of developing early ...

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, ...

Disease-modifying treatments for movement disorders are scarce, but results from two clinical trials indicate a pair of ...

Earwax 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 ...

A Northwestern Medicine research lab has found a usually harmless virus in brain samples from Parkinson’s patients. The idea that Parkinson’s could be linked to a virus had been theorized for years, ...