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Cycling With Parkinsons: Man Cannot Walk but He Can Ride

In his years of caring for patients with Parkinson’s disease, Dr. Bastiaan R. Bloem thought he had seen it all. But the 58-year-old man...

New Study of 10,000+ People Revealed Regular Physical Activity Is Linked to Larger Healthier Brains

In a new study, scientists seeking to better understand how physical activity protects against neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's found it's because exercise makes the...

New Electric Bandages Heal Wounds 30% Quicker Than Conventional Dressings

A water-powered electric bandage can heal serious wounds 30% quicker than conventional treatments, according to a new study. The inexpensive bandages use an electric field...

Severe Shaking in Parkinson’s Patient Calms Down in Just 6 Days With New Drug –Watch the Transformation

A 52-year-old Parkinson's sufferer is celebrating a ‘life-changing’ transformation after receiving a new drug treatment—and a video shows the incredible difference it made in...

‘A Bicycle Built for Two’ Might Improve Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease–Study

Tandem cycling may improve the health and well-being of people with Parkinson’s, according to a new study. Pedaling on a bicycle built for two people...

Slow Moving Tai Chi is ‘More Effective Than Aerobic Exercise’ For Reducing High Blood Pressure

A new study found the ancient Chinese martial art of Tai Chi was more effective in reducing high blood pressure than other forms of...

This Grandad is All-Action at Aged 92: ‘I do martial arts daily’ (Watch)

A wise man once said that aging is the gradual acceleration of comfort-seeking, and Englishman Lew Burja, who's 92 and still practices kung fu...

First Advanced Parkinson’s Patient to Walk Again with New Spinal Implant, ‘It’s Incredible’

A Frenchman who received a new spinal implant has regained significant motor functions including the ability to walk unaided for miles after losing all...

A Teenager Was Having a Stroke but His Dog Helped Save Him, Explains Doctor

From the Washington Post comes the story of a family border collie whose 5:30 a.m. wake-up call saved the future, and possibly the life,...

Tai Chi Can Curb Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms for Years and Lower Needed Drug Doses–Study

Tai Chi, a traditional Chinese martial art involving sequences of slow controlled movements meant to cultivate one of the three kinds of vital energy,...

New Blood Test Could Diagnose Parkinson’s Before it Begins Damaging the Nervous System

American scientists developed a test that focuses on damage to mitochondrial DNA in the blood linked with Parkinson's disease. Current diagnoses of Parkinson's are largely...

Woman Who Can Smell Parkinson’s’ Helps Scientists Develop Test

In Scotland there's a woman who can smell changes in body odor corresponding to the presence or onset of Parkinson's disease. Keeping with Scotland's decorated...

Psilocybin Microdosing Study Finds Improved Mental Health and Psychomotor Dexterity in Those Over 55

What happens when a bunch of scientists put a study group of older people together and give them all psychedelic mushrooms? As it turns...

Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms ‘Reversed’ by Mini Implant Bringing Hope

A small implant connected to electrodes inserted into the skull bone is providing huge relief to younger patients living with Parkinson's disease, such that...

Guess Who’s Curating New Exhibit at Baltimore Museum of Art? Their Staff of Security Guards

The security guards at the Baltimore Museum of Art get asked a lot in an average day: "Where's the bathroom," "Where's the Impressionist wing,"...

This is the Gene That Could Prevent Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the destruction of a specific population of neurons: the dopaminergic neurons. The degeneration of these neurons prevents...

Inspired by Woman Who Could Smell Parkinson’s on Skin, ‘E-Nose’ is Developed by Scientists to Do the Same

A couple of years ago, a woman named Joy Milne made headlines when scientists discovered that she could “smell” Parkinson’s disease on people with...

Calorie Restriction is Key Factor in Enhancing Human Health, Say Yale Researchers

Decades of research has shown that limits on calorie intake by flies, worms, and mice can enhance life span in laboratory conditions. But whether...

Lifting Weights for Just Three Seconds a Day Helps Our Muscles Grow, According to Scientists

People who say they don't have time to exercise might have to rethink after scientists proved just three seconds a day lifting weights was...

Get Your Body Moving to Put the Brakes on Early Parkinson’s, Study Says

A new study suggests that people with early-stage Parkinson's disease who regularly got one to two hours of moderate exercise twice a week, like...