12 November 2019
Researchers Develop a New Home-Based App to Better Monitor Parkinson's Disease Motor Symptoms
Amsterdam, NL – In order to optimally treat motor symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), it is necessary to have a good understanding of their severity and daily fluctuations.
11 November 2019
What Do We Know About the Gut Microbiota in Parkinson's Disease?
Results of studies investigating the gut microbiome playing a role in the development of Parkinson's disease (PD) are compared to provide recommendations to improve patient outcomes. This review is published in the open access JPD special issue on "The Gut-Brain Axis in Parkinson's Disease".
8 November 2019
Researchers Report New Insights Into Parkinson's Disease-Related Mortality
Amsterdam, NL – By following a group of newly diagnosed patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) for a decade or more, researchers have been able to identify several factors never before reported that appear to be associated with higher mortality rates in PD patients compared to the general populat
7 November 2019
Where Does Parkinson’s Disease Start? In the Brain or Gut? Or Both?
Does Parkinson's disease (PD) start in the brain or the gut? This review is published in the open access JPD special issue on "The Gut-Brain Axis in Parkinson's Disease".
25 September 2019
How and Why Does Parkinson’s Disease Affect Women and Men Differently?
Amsterdam, NL – There is growing evidence that Parkinson's disease (PD) affects women and men differently.
22 August 2019
Fatigue in Parkinson’s Disease Is Associated with Lower Diastolic Blood Pressure
Amsterdam, NL – Fatigue is a common debilitating symptom in Parkinson's disease (PD).
12 June 2019
2019 World Parkinson’s Disease Congress Abstracts are Openly Available in JPD
JPD is proud to host the abstracts of the 2019 World Parkinson’s Congress, which took place this month in Kyoto, Japan.
To view the openly available abstracts, click the visual below or go here.
4 March 2019
Exercise Can Improve Non-Motor Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease
Amsterdam, NL – Exercise has potential to improve non-motor as well as motor symptoms of Parkinson's
27 February 2019
New Treatment Offers Potentially Promising Results for the Possibility of Slowing, Stopping, or Even Reversing Parkinson's Disease
Amsterdam, NL – A pioneering clinical trials program that delivered an experimental treatment directly to the brain offers hope that it may be possible to restore the cells damaged in Parkinson's disease.
14 February 2019
Can We Repair the Brain? The Promise of Stem Cell Technologies for Treating Parkinson's Disease
Amsterdam, NL – Cell replacement may play an increasing role in alleviating the motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease in future. Writing in a special open access special supplement to the Journal of Parkinson's Disease, experts describe how newly developed stem cell technologies could be used to treat the disease and discuss the great promise, as well as the significant challenges, of stem cell treatment.
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