Parkinson’s disease can cause a wide array of symptoms. The disease is perhaps best known for how it affects movement and balance, creating problems with tremor, rigidity, and slowed movement. People with Parkinson’s can also experience nonmotor symptoms that may lead to problems with ...
Most people with Parkinson’s first develop the disease around age 60 or older, and men are more likely to develop it than are women. Early warning signs Parkinson’s disease is difficult to diagnose because there’s no definitive test to confirm it. Doctors, usually neurologists, will do a...
Brain cells breakdown is primary cause of Parkinson's disease (PD) that create dopamine. A neurotransmitter that allows brain cells to connect with each other. Dopamine-producing cells in the brain are in control of adaptability, movement regulation, and fluency. Active ...
In this article, the authors discuss a case in which the diagnosis of hypothyroidism was delayed in a patient who had previously been diagnosed with signs and symptoms of Parkinson's disease.Additional informationAuthor informationHoward B. TandeterHoward B. Tandeter, MD Pesach Shvartzrnan, MD ...
A person seeing a barely noticeable tremor in one hand could be witnessing the first signs of Parkinson's disease. Ad This progressive condition affects thenervous system, according to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., which offers information about the disease. ...
Hearing loss and epilepsy are early features of Parkinson's, according to pioneering new research from Queen Mary University of London—the first UK study of the condition in such a diverse population, published today in JAMA Neurology.
Changes in turning are one of the early motor deficiencies in Parkinson's disease (PD). We have proposed a system based on wearable, inertial sensors and a novel automatic analysis algorithm that can assess 180deg turns. Twelve patients in early stages of PD and 14 age-matched healthy subject...
Prasinezumab, a monoclonal antibody that binds aggregated α-synuclein, is being investigated as a potential disease-modifying therapy in early-stage Parkinson’s disease. Although in the PASADENA phase 2 study, the primary endpoint (Movement Disorder So
A research team led by Nagoya University in Japan has found that blood pressure, the hematocrit (the percentage of red blood cells in blood), and serum cholesterol levels change in patients with Parkinson's disease long before the onset of motor symptoms
Certain gut problems, such as constipation, difficulty swallowing, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), may be early warning signs of the neurological condition Parkinson's disease, suggests research published online in the journal Gut.