Parkinson's disease (PD) is not a fatal disease, but it can indirectly reduce life expectancy, most often due to complications like aspiration pneumonia or falls. Many factors can influence survival ...

In her late 20s, Soania Mathur felt like she was in the prime of her life. She was happily married, pregnant with her first child and had recently completed her residency in family medicine. Soon ...

For decades, scientists have known that mitochondria, which produce energy inside our cells, malfunction in Parkinson's ...

People with autism had a higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease early in life. The risk of Parkinson's before age 50 was four times higher in people with versus without autism. A Parkinson's ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - In September of this year, two New Orleanians, Nathan Willis and Tasha Kane, set out to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. Standing over 19,000 feet above sea level, Kilimanjaro is the ...