MUSKEGO, WI — Doctors are trying to shine a light on a rare brain disorder. It’s commonly misdiagnosed, and when identified, it's often dismissed as a death sentence. It's called Parkinson’s plus ...

Parkinson's disease does more than cause tremors and trouble walking. It can also affect sleep, smell, digestion and even thinking. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on new research suggesting that's because ...

A new study from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, along with Oslo University Hospital in Norway, may have discovered a way to detect biomarkers of Parkinson’s disease in the blood up to ...

Patients with Parkinson’s disease rarely present to the clinic with the textbook signs — forward stooped posture, slow and rigid movements, or shuffling gait. Instead, the earliest indicators are ...

* Neuroinflammation is elevated in brain regions controlling speech and movement * Tau pathology correlates// with brain inflammation in patients * Parkinson's-plus syndrome presence links with ...