A Parkinson’s Foundation study recently published in the scientific journal, npj Parkinson’s Disease, reveals findings from the most comprehensive estimate of Parkinson’s disease in the United States and Canada to date. The Foundation’s “Parkinson’s Prevalence Project” estimates that 930,000 people in the United States will be living with the disease by 2020, further increasing to 1.2 million people by 2030.
Washington Post: Arvid Carlsson, Nobel laureate who uncovered a treatment for Parkinson’s, dies at 95
Arvid Carlsson, a Swedish pharmacologist whose research on chemical signals in the brain resulted in a leading treatment for Parkinson’s disease and earned him a Nobel Prize, died June 29 in Gothenburg, Sweden. He was 95.
The Times UK: Trembling cursor ‘early sign’ of Parkinson’s
Your web searches, mouse movements and even online scrolling speed could be monitored remotely to spot Parkinson’s disease or Alzheimer’s. Data from millions of users of Microsoft’s Bing search engine studied over 18 months found a correlation between those with tremulous mouse actions and those whose search terms suggested that they were Parkinson’s patients.
Scientific American: Does Parkinson’s Begin in the Gut?
A growing body of evidence links the neurodegenerative disease to the gastrointestinal tract, opening new possibilities for treatment.
Stanford News: New study sheds light on the complex dynamics of Parkinson’s disease
Stanford researchers set out to test a seminal theory of Parkinson’s disease and several related conditions. What they found is more complex than anyone had imagined.
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