A couple thousand years ago, the Greek mathematician Archimedes reportedly made one of the boldest claims in human history: “Give me a place to stand, and a lever long enough, and I will move the world.” I love that. Not because Archimedes was particularly good at moving planets. As far…

In a small proof-of-concept clinical trial, Biovie’s experimental oral therapy bezisterim was associated with significantly greater improvements in motor and nonmotor symptom scores than a placebo among people with early-stage Parkinson’s disease who had higher levels of a potential inflammation marker. The findings come from an exploratory subgroup analysis.

Women with Parkinson’s disease experience more severe motor complications and depression, while men are more likely to have cognitive difficulties, reduced sense of smell, and sleep disturbances, according to a large study in Germany. The findings, drawn from almost 11,000 people with Parkinson’s, suggest that the disease affects men…

Parkinson’s disease can cause a wide variety of symptoms, from losing your sense of smell to having terrible gait issues that result in multiple falls a day. And they don’t happen in any particular order. It’s not like you can say, “OK, now I’m going to tremor for two…

Researchers at Mayo Clinic are testing whether low-dose radiation therapy can slow the progression of Parkinson’s disease by reducing inflammation in affected areas of the brain. According to Mayo Clinic, this is the first clinical trial (NCT07218952) to investigate low-dose radiation as an anti-inflammatory treatment approach in early-stage Parkinson’s.