A black hole awakens and why some people avoid Covid: the week in science – podcast
AI-enhanced blood test may detect Parkinson’s years before onset
April 2024
The struggle to access good Parkinson’s care
‘Ban them until we know they’re safe’: Dutch flower growers urged to stop using pesticides
Carer's allowance crisis
‘Injustice’: 92-year-old with dementia told by DWP to repay £7k in disability allowance
Jeremy Paxman’s take on Parkinson’s disease is far too bleak
Jeremy Paxman says Parkinson’s ‘makes you wish you hadn’t been born’
Diabetes drug may slow progression of Parkinson’s, say researchers
March 2024
Low-income California Latinos at higher risk from Parkinson’s-linked weedkiller
Analysis finds majority of paraquat, banned in 60 countries, is used in counties where Latinos make up 75% of the population or higher
‘Everybody has a breaking point’: how the climate crisis affects our brains
Scientists are just starting to discover how extreme heat and weather is linked to neurological conditions such as Alzheimer’s and motor neurone disease – and can even affect babies in the womb. What can we do about it?
Neurological conditions now leading cause of ill-health worldwide, finds study
Numbers living with or dying from disorders such as stroke rises dramatically to 3.4bn people – 43% of global population
February 2024
Weekend
Michael J Fox on Parkinson’s and a potential cure, Marina Hyde on Liz Truss’s relaunch, and Emma Stone’s Poor Things intimacy coordinator – podcast
‘I hate it. It sucks. But it didn’t defeat me’: Michael J Fox on pity, Parkinson’s – and a potential cure
November 2023
‘Why did I get it?’: Australian research into early onset Parkinson’s hopes to give patients answers
Exclusive: Researchers looking at the environment, plastics and pollution as factors as they try to fill ‘big gaps’ in their knowledge of the disease
Spinal implant allows Parkinson's patient to walk again in world first – video
The first patient to receive a spinal implant to treat advanced Parkinson's disease has described experiencing 'a rebirth' after the treatment allowed him to walk again without falling over.
Parkinson’s patient able to walk 6km without problems after spinal implant
Marc, 63, had freezing of gait before becoming first with advanced Parkinson’s to be fitted with device restoring normal signalling
October 2023
Fair Access
Indian schoolboy invents affordable smart spoon for trembling hands
Parkinson’s disease detectable before physical symptoms show, Australian research finds
September 2023
Billy Connolly’s most intimate interview yet (by his wife): ‘Comedians never used to worry about what was correct to say. You said it, and soon found out’
Virginia Democrat battling ‘Parkinson’s on steroids’ won’t seek re-election
