The Internal Conflict of Being a Ringside Doctor The aftermath of a 2019 fight nearly broke me Sep 15, 2022
Some 'Dopamine Bean' Supplements Show High Levels of Parkinson's Drug Levodopa found in doses similar to those in prescription meds Aug 08, 2022
Two Strikes and Monoclonal Antibodies Are Out for Early Parkinson's? Failure of two agents in two phase II trials could spell the end for one avenue of treatment Aug 03, 2022
Alzheimer's-Gut Links; Long COVID and ME/CFS; ALS Patient Gets Novel Brain Interface News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Jul 19, 2022
Sacral Neuromodulation Promising in Neurogenic Lower Urinary Dysfunction Refractory disease corrected, at least for the short term, in selected neurologic patients Jul 15, 2022
Hot Human Brains; LATE Prevalence Revealed; Novel ALS Drug Wins Canadian Approval News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Jun 14, 2022
Memory Enhancer Succeeds in Phase II Alzheimer's Trial Novel NMDA-targeted drug would expand options for symptomatic treatment Apr 07, 2022
Hearing Loss, Epilepsy May Be Early Signs of Parkinson's Disease Known symptoms like tremor spotted in primary care records 10 years before diagnosis Mar 07, 2022
Cialis and Brain Blood Flow; Sleep and Media Use; Can Tarantulas Solve Chronic Pain? News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Feb 15, 2022
More Flavonoids, Better Parkinson's Outcome Flavan-3-ols and anthocyanins consistently linked to lower mortality Jan 26, 2022
Early Parkinson's Treatment: AAN Issues New Guidelines Levodopa usually is best first therapy for motor symptoms, neurology group says Nov 15, 2021
Focused Ultrasound Approved for Advanced Parkinson's Expanded indication includes medication-refractory PD patients with motor problems Nov 05, 2021
Parkinson's Drug Tied to Increased Hospitalizations, Death Mortality risk persisted in people taking pimavanserin Aug 17, 2021
Staying on Pimavanserin Cut Dementia-Related Psychosis Relapse However, late-stage trial couldn't separate efficacy in dementia subtypes Jul 21, 2021
Osteoarthritis: A Link With Parkinson's? Inflammation may contribute to both joint and nerve degeneration Jun 09, 2021
How Long Do Deep Brain Stimulation Benefits Last? Parkinson's patients saw continued improvement in motor symptoms, quality of life Jun 02, 2021
New ADHD Drug OK'd; Pimavanserin Rejected for Dementia Psychosis News and commentary from the psychiatry world Apr 07, 2021
Sleep-Dementia Link; Neanderthal Mini-Brains; MS Tx and COVID Vax News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Feb 16, 2021
HDL Cholesterol Linked to Parkinson's Disease Population study shows relationships between HDL levels and variability with incident PD Feb 05, 2021
Case Report Links Parkinson's Disease to COVID-19 Parkinson's symptoms emerged after patient was hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 Sep 18, 2020
Baseball Hall of Famer Dies of Lewy Body Dementia and COVID-19 Understanding Tom Seaver's disease Sep 16, 2020
COVID-19 Slams Parkinson's Disease Patients Even those who avoided infection still suffered from the pandemic's disruptions Jul 23, 2020
Dementia Tied to Olfaction; Preclinical Alzheimer's Trial; Guillain-Barré and COVID-19 News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Jul 21, 2020
Smoking Study Adds Fuel to Parkinson's Debate Could a nasty habit have one actual benefit? May 07, 2020
New Schizophrenia Drug Shows Promise in Field With 'Great Need' Reductions in negative symptoms a positive signal, though need replication Apr 15, 2020
Neil Diamond Opens Up About Parkinson's Singer details his condition and makes rare appearance Mar 19, 2020
Neurology Patients Have Higher Suicide Rates While suicide is rare, some disorders carry five times more risk Feb 04, 2020
Linda Ronstadt's Rare Brain Disorder Iconic singer speaks about her neurological condition Jan 30, 2020
Your Brain on Psilocybin; Probiotics and Parkinson's; Alzheimer's Signaling News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Jan 21, 2020
Phlegm-Busting Drug Shows Promise in Parkinson's Ambroxol crosses blood-brain barrier and boosts GCase levels Jan 13, 2020
Knockout: In Boxing, Brain Damage Is the Goal Why do we applaud a sport dedicated to hurting people? Nov 14, 2019
Parkinson's Risk Higher in People With Bipolar Disorder Analysis looks at more than 4 million people Oct 14, 2019
Can Walking Identify Alzheimer's Disease? Gait impairment may be unique between different dementia types Sep 20, 2019
Parkinson's Tied to Bipolar Disorder Trends emerge even after adjusting for mood stabilizers May 22, 2019
Calcium Channel Blocker Flops in Parkinson's Disease Trial "Disappointing" results from 3-year study don't back prior findings May 02, 2019
Study Raises Questions on Nuedexta Prescribing Real-world data show PBA drug given mainly to dementia and Parkinson's disease patients Jan 07, 2019
Lifespan in Parkinson's Tied to Early Symptoms Normal cognition early in PD predicted normal life expectancy Nov 01, 2018
Parkinson's Gene Therapy Shows Signs of Motor Improvement Early open-label trial in advancing Parkinson's disease showed treatment was safe, well-tolerated Oct 24, 2018
Blood Biomarker Distinguishes Parkinson's from MSA Alpha-synuclein levels in brain-derived exosomes highlight differences Oct 23, 2018