It is also important for motor function, and when it disappears from some regions of the brain, it can cause Parkinson’s disease. That is why levodopa, which our body metabolizes to make dopamine, is ...

A new study from Stanford Medicine has found that stopping an overactive enzyme in the brain might help protect and even ...

Parkinson's disease is a neurogenerative disease that affects more than 1 million people in the U.S. While some cases are ...

Dr. Igor Koralnik, chief of neuroinfectious diseases and global neurology, joins Marie Saavedra to talk about the findings.

Parkinson's may be due to environmental causes. One million people have the neurodegenerative disease that robs them of their ...

A groundbreaking new study out of Northwestern Medicine may offer new hope for the more than one million Americans living with Parkinson’s disease.

In those nations, MAID is available to a wider universe of pained people, not just those with fewer than six months to live.

Researchers believe a usually harmless virus could trigger Parkinson’s disease. Five out of 10 post-mortem brains of patients ...

The drug is Ambroxol. It’s been used for decades to treat respiratory ailments by thinning mucus and easing coughs. But now, ...

Researchers at Northwestern Medicine have discovered that a virus that has flown under the radar for years might be a potential contributor to the neurodegenerative disorder.

A decades-old cough medicine, Ambroxol, could be on the verge of a dramatic second act—not for sore throats, but for ...

A neglected piece of the Alzheimer's puzzle has been getting increased scientific attention: why women are twice as likely as ...