A groundbreaking study shows that trained dogs can identify Parkinson's patients using skin swabs, revealing potential biomarkers for quicker and non-invasive diagnostic tests for this ...

Nilma Teles de Freitas, an 80-year-old retired teacher in Brazil who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease more than a ...

WEHI has formed a partnership with the Parkinson's Research Foundation with one clear goal: to intensify the search for drug treatments to stop ...

Single-cell genomics has unlocked new frontiers in understanding cell types in the brain and targeting them with therapies.

Capoeira, a form of martial art disguised as dance, is now being used in Brazil to help patients with Parkinson's disease. The patients say the specific movements of this once-outlawed exercise are ...

Trained dogs can detect Parkinson’s disease from skin swabs with up to 98% accuracy - years before symptoms appear, a new ...

Parkinson’s disease patients are seeing their symptoms alleviated thanks to a well-known martial art. Capoeira is a movement practice that originated within the large enslaved communities in Brazil, ...

Dogs trained to detect Parkinson’s disease using scent have shown remarkable accuracy in new research. In a double-blind trial, they identified skin swabs from people with Parkinson’s with up to 80% ...

A free database of biomarker information on neurodegenerative diseases was released with backing from Bill Gates, Johnson & ...

Researchers now have a powerful new way to understand the types of brain cells that are affected in neurodegenerative diseases and to uncover connections between conditions such as Parkinson's, ...

When Diane Giever was diagnosed with Parkinson's, her doctor told her exercise was the only thing that would slow the disease down.  That was her homework, and she took the assignment seriously.  She ...