Can exercise slow down Parkinson’s progression? The SPARX3 trial investigates Posted on February 4, 2025January 31, 2025 by Rebecca Gilbert, MD, Ph.D. The SPARX3 Research Trial Investigates How Exercise Helps Parkinson’s People with Parkinson’s disease (PD) are constantly being told, by...see more family, friends, doctors and the APDA community, that exercise is a vital part of any Parkinson’s treatment plan and is essential to functioning at your best with PD. To support this claim, there are many clinical […] Read More
Highlights from the International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders 2024 Posted on October 22, 2024October 22, 2024 by Rebecca Gilbert, MD, Ph.D. Read about research updates presented at MDS 2024 Every year, the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society (MDS) holds...see more its International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders (also known as the MDS Congress), which is the preeminent gathering of medical professionals from around the world who are dedicated to researching and treating Parkinson’s disease […] Read More
2023 Update: New Parkinson’s Disease Treatments in the Clinical Trial Pipeline Posted on September 26, 2023June 12, 2024 by Rebecca Gilbert, MD, Ph.D. New Parkinson’s Medication on the Horizon The development of potential new medications for Parkinson’s disease (PD) medications remains very...see more active, with multiple new medications in various stages of research development that are aiming to treat and slow down PD. In past blogs, we have reviewed the various mechanisms of action that are being studied to […] Read More
Therapies for non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease in clinical trials Posted on December 9, 2020July 25, 2022 by Rebecca Gilbert, MD, Ph.D. The pipeline for Parkinson’s disease (PD) medications is extremely crowded these days, with multiple medications at various stages of...see more research and development. Currently most of the approved medications for PD address the motor symptoms of PD – tremor, slowness, stiffness, and walking difficulties. Medications are also available to help people overcome OFF time or improve […] Read More
