Sharyn Casey | Parkinsons NSW

31st July 2024

World Parkinson Congress 2026 Scheduled

Mark your diaries… the 7th World Parkinson Congress is scheduled to be held in Phoenix, Arizona, USA from May 24 to 27 in 2026. The tentative program is as follows: […]

31st July 2024

How to Boost your Cognitive Fitness

Cognitive development is often associated only with babies and children while many adults think they can’t or don’t need to develop cognitively themselves. Studies have shown that reduced cognitive function […]

29th July 2024

PET Scans and Biomarker can Detect Parkinson’s up to 30 Years Before Symptoms Appear

Signs of Parkinson’s disease can be detected 20 to 30 years before symptoms appear using a known biomarker, called F-AV-133, and positron emission tomography (PET) scans, according to a new […]

29th July 2024

Inflammatory Bacteria in Nose Linked to Parkinson’s Risk

By Marisa Wexler. People with Parkinson’s tend to have high numbers of pro-inflammatory bacteria in their noses, according to a new study. Researchers think these bacteria may be a trigger for […]

29th July 2024

Application for Voice Games May Aid At-Home Speech Therapy

Researchers have proposed a set of voice exercise games to help speech quality in people with Parkinson’s disease, which licensed speech therapists found to be a generally feasible, promising approach. If […]

29th July 2024

AI-Powered Hand Test May be Used to Rate Parkinson’s Severity

Patients were asked to tap their fingers in front of a webcam An online artificial intelligence (AI) powered test where users tap their fingers in front of a webcam may […]

29th July 2024

Artificial Intelligence Detects Parkinson’s from Breathing Patterns

Parkinson’s disease is the fastest growing neurological disease in the world. However, currently there is no single test or biomarker that can diagnose Parkinson’s or monitor disease progression. Now, a […]

29th July 2024

Are We Facing a Parkinson’s Pandemic?

Historically, Parkinson’s was rare. In 1855, for instance, just 22 people living in the United Kingdom died with Parkinson’s disease. Today, in the United States, the National Institutes of Health […]

29th July 2024

Funding for Parkinson’s Disease Treatments Targeting the Gut Microbiome

Researchers based at Australia’s Translational Research Institute (TRI) have received major funding from the United States Department of Defence (DoD) to develop Parkinson’s disease treatments by targeting the gut microbiome. […]