The age-old advice to "trust your gut" could soon take on new meaning for people diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, thanks ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is reviewing a new Parkinson’s disease drug called tavapadon that could give people with the disease more control over their movements. If approved, it would be ...

A randomized clinical trial examined patient quality of life in Parkinson disease (PD) when adding different adjuvant therapies to levodopa to help control dyskinesia and a flaring of symptoms during ...

Parkinson’s disease is a condition that damages dopamine-producing brain cells, leading to tremors, stiffness, and difficulty with balance and coordination. Medications for Parkinson’s disease aim to ...

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is among the most common neurodegenerative disorders. Classified as a movement disorder, it is characterized by bradykinesia, rigidity, rest tremor, and postural instability.

Levodopa, a drug used to increase dopamine levels in people with Parkinson’s disease, may reverse the effects of neural inflammation among people with depression. The corresponding study was published ...

Despite being a mainstay of Parkinson's disease treatment, levodopa, a dopamine-replenishing medication, can cause nasty side-effects with long-term use. A recent human trial found that a new drug ...

Google the word "dopamine" and you will learn that its nicknames are the "happy hormone" and the "pleasure molecule" and that it is among the most important chemicals in our brains. With The Guardian ...

Researchers in the University of Georgia's College of Veterinary Medicine have engineered a live bacterium to function as the ...