Parkinson's disease

A new drug, called AP-472, may help limit the unpleasant side effects of Levodopa, the current drug used to treat Parkinson’s disease symptoms.

A new drug may help limit the unpleasant side effects of Levodopa, the current drug used to treat Parkinson’s disease symptoms.

Joan Didion, the revered author and essayist whose provocative social commentary and detached, methodical literary voice made her a uniquely clear-eyed critic of a uniquely turbulent time, has died.

“If you don’t think you have anything to be grateful for, keep looking,” he said.

Robert Downey Sr., the accomplished countercultural filmmaker, actor and father of superstar Robert Downey Jr., has died

A Lewisville man diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease is excited about the future thanks to new medical advancements helping patients with tremors.

A Lewisville man diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease is excited about the future thanks to new medical advancements helping patients with tremors.

Jeremy Bulloch, the English actor who played Boba Fett in the original “Star Wars” trilogy, has died.

It appears the curtain is closing on Michael J. Fox’s acting career. The Emmy winner, 59, writes in his new memoir, “No Time Like the Future,” that he is mulling another retirement from acting due to the effects of living with Parkinson’s disease for nearly 30 years.

It’s never an easy decision to have surgery, but having to make that decision while COVID-19 runs rampant in hospitals makes things even tougher. A North Texas woman battling Parkinson’s weighed the pros and cons and landed on taking the chance. NBC 5 health reporter Bianca Castro shows us how how deep brain stimulation is giving her hope.

Preparing for surgery isn’t what 60-year-old Christine Montoya expected to be doing during a pandemic, but going under the knife was the best option for getting back her life, slowly being taken away by Parkinson’s.

Heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne revealed Tuesday that he has Parkinson’s disease, according to NBC News.

In North Texas, bright young minds are hard at work and one in particular may be on the verge of shaping the future for patients with Parkinson’s disease. At 14 years old, it seems there’s nothing Anushka Sridhar hasn’t done. “Outside of school, I play volleyball, basketball, I’m a third-degree black belt in taekwondo. I do an Indian cultural...

Anushka Sridhar, an 8th grader in Plano, is working on vibration therapy for Parkinson’s patients in her great-aunt’s memory.

Nearly one million Americans will be living with Parkinson’s disease next year. So far, there is no cure, but medication can bring patients some relief from the symptoms.

Nearly one million Americans will be living with Parkinson’s disease next year. So far, there is no cure, but medication can bring patients some relief from the symptoms. Now a neurologist at MedStar Washington hospital is trying something new with an old drug to give patients better quality of life. Seventy-three-year old Peter Leesam is dressed up to celebrate....

No. 1 LSU talks `redemption’ vs Texas A&M after last season’s OT loss.

Louisiana is becoming the first Deep South state to dispense medical marijuana on Tuesday, four years after state lawmakers agreed to give patients access to therapeutic cannabis. Nine pharmacies are licensed to dispense medical marijuana across Louisiana and most are expected to open this week. Louisiana joins more than 30 other states that allow medical marijuana in some form. And...