Symptoms & Diagnosis

Kilimanjaro Climb Completed by Father and Daughter Despite Parkinson’s Diagnosis

A father with Parkinson's climbed Africa's tallest peak with his daughter, defying assumptions about what the disease allows.

Depression Medication Effectiveness Drops Significantly in Both Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s Disease

Depression medications often lose their power as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease progress, a challenge rooted in how neurodegeneration alters brain chemistry itself.

Six million dollar grant accelerates Parkinson’s diagnosis methods research initiative

A $6 million grant to Banner Sun Health accelerates the development of blood tests that could identify Parkinson's disease earlier than current clinical methods.

Parkinson’s Cases Climbing: How Prompt Diagnosis Improves Long-Term Patient Outcomes

Early Parkinson's diagnosis unlocks years of independence that cannot be reclaimed once lost to unrecognized disease progression.

How Tremor and Movement Difficulties Signal Parkinson’s Onset

Early tremor and stiffness often develop quietly, making them easy to overlook until movement changes accumulate enough to disrupt daily routines.

Parkinson’s disease striking younger adults causes symptoms and solutions

Young adults in their 30s and 40s are being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease at increasing rates, facing different challenges than older patients.

Hopledo IPX203 Approved for Parkinson’s Motor Symptoms in European Markets

The European Medicines Agency has recommended approval of Hopledo, an extended-release levodopa formulation addressing motor fluctuations in advanced Parkinson's disease.

What Is Postural Instability in Parkinson’s Disease?

Postural instability—the loss of automatic balance reflexes—does not respond to standard Parkinson's medications and ranks among the disease's most serious causes of falls and...

What Is Festination in Parkinson’s Disease?

Festination makes legs and movements accelerate involuntarily in Parkinson's disease, creating dangerous unpredictability.

Why Parkinson’s Disease Causes Shuffling Steps

Dopamine loss in Parkinson's breaks the automatic motor circuits that control smooth walking, forcing the body into characteristic shuffling steps.

What Does Parkinson’s Muscle Rigidity Feel Like?

Parkinson's rigidity feels like your muscles are constantly tense and resisting movement, affecting your limbs, torso, and sometimes your face.

What Is Bradykinesia in Parkinson’s Disease?

The slowness at the heart of Parkinson's disease has a name, a cause, and a surprising number of ways to fight back against it.

Can Parkinson’s Disease Occur Without Tremor?

Tremor is Parkinson's most famous sign, yet up to a third of patients never shake at all. Here's what that looks like.

Why Stress Can Make Parkinson’s Tremor Worse

The same adrenaline that races your heart in a tense moment can turn a barely-there Parkinson's tremor into violent shaking.

Does Parkinson’s Tremor Stop During Sleep?

Parkinson's tremor stops during most sleep stages, returning within minutes of waking—a temporary but significant daily reprieve.

Can Parkinson’s Tremor Affect the Head?

Head tremor affects roughly 5-10% of people with Parkinson's and is harder to hide than hand tremor, but often responds to medication adjustments.

Can Parkinson’s Tremor Affect the Jaw?

Jaw tremor affects roughly one in four people with Parkinson's, impacting speech, eating, and daily function in ways often overlooked.

Can Parkinson’s Tremor Affect the Legs?

Leg tremor affects roughly one-quarter to one-third of people with Parkinson's, causing rhythmic shaking that typically improves with movement and medication.

Why Parkinson’s Tremor Often Starts in One Hand

Early Parkinson's tremor strikes one hand because dopamine neurons die unevenly in the brain, affecting movement control on that side first.

What Does a Parkinson’s Resting Tremor Look Like?

The hallmark pill-rolling tremor of Parkinson's disease occurs at 4–6 cycles per second when affected limbs are at rest, disappearing completely with voluntary movement...

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