If approved, it would be the first major new drug treatment for Parkinson’s in half a century. Richard Mailman, a University ...

CARY, N.C. (WTVD) -- At 11 weeks old Stevie Kestner was diagnosed with Biotin-thiamine-responsive basal ganglia disease, a rare condition that only affects a reported 50 people in the world. Before ...

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Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects movement, and there is no cure. But there are ways to lower ...

Research on Parkinson’s is revealing several risk factors related to our lifestyles and environment, and you can act on some of them.

The substantia nigra is a motor nucleus located in the basal ganglia of the midbrain. This brain structure contributes to the body's cognitive and motor functions by sending signals to initiate or ...

Some health conditions can cause shaky hands, including Parkinson's, hyperthyroidism, anxiety disorder and type 1 diabetes.