Movement Disorders
Conference Coverage
Environmental Chemicals Linked to Parkinson’s Disease in Urban Areas
A large, nationwide study is the first to show an association between TCE and Parkinson’s in the general population.
Hitting a Nerve
When the Next Big Thing Falls Short
Medicine, unfortunately, is littered with ideas that should have worked, but either didn’t, or at least aren’t as good as we thought they should...
Literature Review
Neurological Disorders Now Top Global Cause of Illness, Disability
Some 3.4 billion people — 43% of the entire global population — had a neurological illness in 2021.
Latest News
Social Frailty Linked to Risk for Predementia Syndrome
Individuals with social frailty had a significantly higher risk for incident motoric cognitive risk syndrome than that of those without social...
Latest News
Robotic Garment Improves Stride in Patient With Parkinson’s Disease
Proof of concept study shows device can reduce freezing of gait episodes.
Literature Review
Excessive TV-watching tied to elevated risk for dementia, Parkinson’s disease, and depression
Sedentary behavior is “associated with biomarkers of low-grade inflammation and changes in inflammation markers that could initiate and or worsen...
Literature Review
Spinal cord stimulator restores Parkinson patient’s gait
This new therapeutic tool offers hope to patients with PD and, combined with existing approaches, may alleviate a motor sign in PD for which there...
Conference Coverage
Artificial intelligence presents opportunities, challenges in neurologic practice
Programs can generate health care and research content, but require close supervision and an attitude of ‘trust, but verify.’
Conference Coverage
Promising new therapies for managing Tourette syndrome
One new device is “really exciting...It’s not invasive and is quite simple to use and could help a lot of people with Tourette syndrome.”
Rare Diseases Report 2023
A new chapter for research on treating Huntington’s disease
BY JENNIE SMITH
The past decade has been a contradictory one for research on Huntington’s disease, marked by breakthroughs in the biology...
Commentary
The surprising link between loneliness and Parkinson’s disease
“There are some policy things we can do to reduce loneliness. We can invest in public spaces that bring people together — parks, museums,...