People with an autism diagnosis are at a higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease early in life, a large-scale study ...

Recent scientific discoveries are challenging traditional views of Parkinson’s disease, suggesting that this neurological condition might actually begin in an unexpected place, the digestive system.

Autism is linked to a fourfold increased risk for early-onset Parkinson’s disease, results from the largest, population-based ...

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder in which the α-synuclein protein abnormally aggregates within brain cells, causing neuronal damage. Through international collaboration ...

Persons with Parkinson's disease increasingly lose their mobility over time and are eventually unable to walk. Hope for these ...

Parkinson's disease is an illness that affects the part of your brain that controls how you move your body. It can come on so slowly that you don't even notice it at first. But over time ...

Scientists at Walter and Elizabeth Hall Institute (WEHI) have made what they describe as a huge leap forward in the fight against Parkinson’s disease, solving a decades-long mystery by ...

April 11 (UPI) --Israeli researchers said Friday they have developed a simple, "revolutionary" blood test that for the first time would allow doctors to detect the onset of Parkinson's disease in ...

By Emily Schmall and Nina Agrawal The retired N.F.L. quarterback Brett Favre told a congressional committee on Tuesday that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, a progressive ...