Parkinson Disease

A recent survey found that patients experienced relief of certain motor and nonmotor symptoms of Parkinson disease from using cannabis.

Changes in blood pressure, percentage of red blood cells, and serum cholesterol levels were found to occur in patients with Parkinson disease before the onset of motor symptoms, suggesting potential biomarkers for early diagnosis and treatment.

A study on the effects of Mediterranean diets on Parkinson disease found a strong correlation between food intake and disease onset, while also suggesting a possible link between sex and diet results.

Focused ultrasound subthalamotomy was shown to improve motor features among patients with Parkinson disease who present with asymmetric symptom severity.

Defective metabolism of levodopa in the brain was associated with a decline in the drug's efficacy over time and the adverse effect of dyskinesia among patients with Parkinson disease.

A recent study explored how patients with Parkinson disease who suffer from constipation are more likely to have other nonmotor symptoms than patients without constipation.

Patients with newly diagnosed Parkinson disease (PD) who carried mutations in the Parkin gene were found to exhibit worse quality of life, longer disease duration, and an earlier age at disease onset than those with PD who did not carry the mutation.

The top 5 most-read Parkinson disease stories of 2020 on AJMC.com included the latest insights on treatments such as spinal cord stimulation and the role of dietary management, as well as implications of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

Tomatoes metabolically engineered to be enriched by the antiparkinsonian drug levodopa may provide a novel, cost-effective source of the drug for patients with Parkinson disease.

Among patients with Parkinson disease, a positive history of essential tremor was found to be associated with slower progression of motor and nonmotor symptoms, with no impact observed on survival.

Patients with Parkinson disease were shown to be at greater risk of suicide than matched participants in the general population, according to study findings published last week.

Amid the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, patients with Parkinson disease reporting feelings of loneliness were found to experience greater severity of symptoms.

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Researchers review the association between Parkinson disease and dermatologic disorders, as well as implications that this link may have on the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying Parkinson disease.

The effectiveness of telemedicine services among patients with neurological conditions was spotlighted amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, particularly how telephone and video consultations have fared in temporarily replacing face-to-face consultations.

Researchers discuss the latest advances in technology-enabled care under development for Parkinson disease, as well as potential challenges to achieve full integration.

Low-frequency transcranial stimulation of the pre-supplementary motor area was found to delay the onset and reduce severity of levodopa-induced dyskinesia in patients with Parkinson disease.

An eye exam paired with artificial intelligence machine learning technology may provide a novel approach to diagnose Parkinson disease in early stages.

A machine learning approach that works to identify mitochondrial impairments, a potential mechanism underlying the pathogenesis of Parkinson disease (PD), accurately distinguished between patients with PD and healthy controls.

Patients with Parkinson disease (PD) who do not experience tremor were found to show improvements in reward learning after taking dopaminergic medication, while those with PD and tremor exhibited no benefit in reinforcement learning.

Individual-level low socioeconomic status (SES) was found to be significantly associated with increased mortality in Korean patients with Parkinson disease, whereas regional-level SES was not.

Researchers discuss the development and potential of stem cell–based therapies in the treatment of Parkinson disease.

A skin test to detect clumping of alpha-synuclein, an abnormal protein suggested to have a central role in the pathogenesis of Parkinson disease, may assist in improving earlier detection of the condition, according to study findings.

Air pollution was found to be significantly associated with an increased risk of hospital admissions for several neurological disorders, including Parkinson disease, Alzheimer disease, and other dementias.

In assessing symptoms of Parkinson disease exacerbated by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, nonmotor neuropsychiatric and automatic symptoms were noted to particularly affect both patients and their respective caregivers.

Researchers examine the clinical and pathophysiological mechanisms underlying pain in Parkinson disease.

Spinal cord stimulation was found to decrease pain and reduce motor symptoms of Parkinson disease as both a singular therapy and as a salvage therapy after deep brain stimulation therapies proved ineffective.

Researchers assess the optimal balance of levodopa in patients with Parkinson disease (PD), which wanes in efficacy as PD progresses and can contribute to uncontrollable, involuntary bodily movements if given in too high of a dosage.