Participants in studies in the literature review included older people in nursing homes, people with Parkinson’s disease and retired women, among others.
Playing football tied to higher risk of parkinsonism, Parkinson’s disease
Aug 15, 2023
A longer duration of play and a higher level of play both were tied to higher risk.
Worse QoL seen for Parkinson’s patients with depressed caregivers
Aug 11, 2023
Patients with Parkinson’s whose caregivers have depression symptoms have a worse quality of life and higher emergency department use.
Acupuncture may ease anxiety in patients with Parkinson’s disease
Sep 29, 2022
“To our knowledge, this is the first randomized clinical trial of the effectiveness of an acupuncture treatment regimen targeted for anxiety in patients with Parkinson disease,” the authors...
AAN: Three pesticides linked to risk for Parkinson’s disease
Mar 11, 2024
The highest versus lowest decile of application of simazine, lindane atrazine were linked to increased relative risks for Parkinson’s disease.
AI tool may aid remote assessment of Parkinson’s symptom severity
Sep 18, 2023
Performance was better than that of a certified rater but not quite as good as that of an expert neurologists.
Deferiprone not beneficial for newly diagnosed Parkinson’s disease
Dec 01, 2022
“Deferiprone was not associated with benefit as compared with placebo in measures of the progression of Parkinson’s disease, and there was evidence of clinical worsening,” the authors...
Lixisenatide reduces motor disability progression in Parkinson’s disease
Apr 04, 2024
Lixisenatide results in less progression of motor disability than placebo at 12 months for individuals with early Parkinson’s disease.
Hospital-treated infections earlier in life tied to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease risk
Sep 28, 2022
An association was found for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease cases diagnosed before 60 years of age.
Loneliness increases tisk for incident Parkinson’s disease
Oct 06, 2023
The findings persisted across demographic groups and were independent of depression and other prominent risk factors, including genetic risk.