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

A Brazilian physical therapist has been leading a unique project in Rio de Janeiro since 2018, trying to help patients with ...

The usually harmless Human Pegivirus has been found in brain samples from Parkinson’s patients. Researchers say this is the first time it’s been found in brain tissue.

It has long been known dogs and even some humans can 'sniff' Parkinson's Disease on humans before they are showing symptoms.

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% ...

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, ...

Nilma Teles de Freitas, an 80-year-old retired teacher in Brazil who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease more than a decade ago, says she used to fall over all the time. That changed after she ...

A Brazilian physical therapist has been leading a unique project in Rio de Janeiro since 2018, trying to help patients with ...

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

A study published in The Journal of Parkinson's Disease has demonstrated that dogs can be trained to detect Parkinson's ...

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, ...

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