Parkinson’s disease has a multitude of symptoms, both motor and non-motor in nature. It affects the emotional, physical, mental and social aspects of the li...

Levodopa was developed over 50 years ago in the 1960s many years after James Parkinson in 1817 wrote about a constellation of symptoms that today we know as ...

Unlike the dopamine replacement group of medications, these medications aren’t converted into dopamine in the brain. Instead these drugs mimic the effects o...

Monoamine oxidase is an enzyme that breaks down certain neurotransmitters (chemical messengers) in the brain including dopamine, one of the chemicals that ar...

One of the newest group of medications, the COMT inhibitors, in fact don’t treat the symptoms of Parkinson’s directly. They are always used with levodopa, p...

Ten Tips To Get The Most Out Of Your Parkinson’s Medications Currently there is no cure for Parkinson’s disease but there are a number of medications that ma...

Because there is no objective test or marker for Parkinson’s disease, the physician looking after the management of your illness relies heavily on the inform...

There are no diets specific to Parkinson’s. However there are a variety of nutritional concerns that may arise as this disease progresses and there are a num...

Progressive weight loss and undernutrition is a major feature of PD, particularly as the disease progresses. This can be due to a number of reasons. First pe...

Because Parkinson’s remains an incurable illness, the goal of any treatment intervention must be quality of life and pain has a significant impact. In fact a...

Much like any of the symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease, management of mood disorders like depression and anxiety which are more prevalent in those with this il...

What to do if you suspect you have RBD… REM sleep behavior disorder is strongly associated with certain neurologic diseases including Parkinson’s disease. In...

Move slowly... Originating in China as a form of martial arts, Tai Chi is a balance-based exercise that consists of gentle, rhythmic flowing movements that e...

What's the point? Although dopamine replacement therapy is considered the gold standard treatment for the motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, it is not su...