Parkinson’s disease

Governor Rick Scott has signed a bill into law that supporters say will help in the fight against Parkinson’s disease.

Nearly 60,000 new cases of Parkinson’s disease are diagnosed in the U.S. every year. It’s a progressive disorder of the nervous system that causes hand...

When NPR host Diane Rehm’s husband John Rehm could no longer bear his worsening Parkinson’s, she says he asked a doctor to help him die, but he was…

A medical marijuana bill originally targeting children with debilitating seizures has been expanded to include other ailments. Final language in the…

With Monday’s Florida Supreme Court ruling that will allow medical marijuana on the November general election ballot, questions abound about who could use…

Researchers at University of Florida report finding a biological mechanism that links Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. It’s a mutation in a brain…