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Bipolar disorder may be linked to Parkinson’s disease

People who have bipolar disorder may be more likely to later develop Parkinson’s disease than people who do not have

The relay station of the brain, the substantia nigra, consists of different types of nerve cells and is responsible for

Recent scary press reports suggest that having your appendix out could triple your risk of getting Parkinson’s disease. Given that

The idea of a technology that allows people to diagnose themselves by speaking into their smartphones at home may be

Welcome to our weekly look at the issues around invisible illness. Thousands of people have invisible illnesses and disabilities but

Scientists at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) have discovered that when a normal cellular cleanup process is disrupted,

Exercise has potential to improve non-motor as well as motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD), including cognitive function, report investigators

Promises of food, sums of money or entertaining pastimes: it does not matter what the temptation is, a new study

A recently discovered protein, alpha-synuclein, has become one of the most attractive targets for developing new drugs with the potential

A high-tech form of brain surgery that replaces scalpels with sound waves improved quality of life for people with Parkinson’s