Parkinson’s disease is a common, progressive and debilitating neurodegenerative disease. It currently cannot be prevented or cured. In 2003, Heiko Braak proposed that non-inherited forms of PD are caused by a pathogen in the gut. He hypothesized that the pathogen…
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Phone-based therapy beneficial for depression in Parkinson’s disease
Telephone-based cognitive behavioral therapy (T-CBT) seems to be an effective intervention for depression in Parkinson disease (PD), outperforming treatment-as-usual (TAU) on all depression, anxiety, and quality-of-life measures, according to a study published online April 1 in Neurology. Roseanne D. Dobkin,…
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Parkinson’s disease may start even before birth: Study
Parkinson's occurs when brain neurons that make dopamine, a substance that helps coordinate muscle movement, become impaired or die. People who develop Parkinson’s disease before the age of 50 may have been born with disordered brain cells that went undetected…
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