Aug 15, 2024 | Living with PD, Research
Shared from apdaparkinson.org. Today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton announced the introduction of a new bill which aims to fund research into environmental causes of neurodegenerative disease. Wexton, a Democrat from Virginia, has been diagnosed with...
Jun 28, 2024 | Living with PD, Research
Shared from ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. This study demonstrates that the neuroprotection of coffee on PD is attributed to caffeine and its metabolites by detailed quantification of plasma caffeine and its metabolites years before diagnosis. Read More more news &...
Jun 28, 2024 | Living with PD, Research
Shared from sciencealert.com. Researchers have discovered how a cell surface protein called Aplp1 can play a role in spreading material responsible for Parkinson’s disease from cell-to-cell in the brain. Promisingly, an FDA-approved cancer drug that...
Jun 14, 2024 | Living with PD, Research
Shared from michaeljfox.org. Breakthroughs, such as the biomarker for Parkinson’s disease that is ushering in a new era of research, start with people like you stepping forward for science. In this Third Thursdays Webinar, our panelists discuss the...
May 24, 2024 | Living with PD, Research
Shared from parkinson.org. Currently, there is no single test to diagnose Parkinson’s disease (PD). Doctors rely on symptoms, which can mean a delay in diagnosis as early symptoms can be hard to distinguish from other common ailments. A new study in the Journal of the...