A condition that compels people to move their legs could indicate they have a greater chance of developing Parkinson's ...

Three research hospitals in the Republic of Korea are reporting that restless leg syndrome was associated with an increased ...

Restless legs syndrome has been linked to an increased risk for Parkinson’s disease in new findings that suggest the ...

Parkinson’s — which can cause tremors, slow movement and stiffness — is believed to affect 1 in every 336 Americans.

PEOPLE who find themselves tossing and turning at night could be at risk of developing Parkinson’s, warn researchers. A ...

Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the destruction of a specific population of neurons: the dopaminergic neurons. A team has investigated the destruction of these ...

The movement disorder is estimated to affect tens of thousands of Americans in a severe enough way to impact their daily life ...

A study involving 22 Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients has shown that use of the dopaminergic drug levodopa improves sleep quality. When the patients took the drug, the number of times they woke up ...

Parkinson’s disease is a progressive disorder of later life, defined clinically by motor features (asymmetric bradykinesia, rigidity, tremor, and imbalance) and pathologically by neuronal degeneration ...