4 Early Signs of Parkinson’s Disease Discovered

4 Early Signs of Parkinson’s Disease Discovered

Most of the time, Parkinson’s disease is diagnosed too late. This is a big problem because the sooner you address it, the easier it is to stop it from progressing and the less damage it will cause. A new study published in JAMA Neurology explains why this is so...
Parkinson’s Disease Caused By a Common Operation

Parkinson’s Disease Caused By a Common Operation

Parkinson’s disease has long been considered to be caused mostly by genetics. Why then are men so much more likely to develop Parkinson’s than women? It’s not about genes; it’s about hormones, says a new study in JAMA Network Open that studied a common operation that...
Common Drink Treats Diabetes and Its Complications

Common Drink Treats Diabetes and Its Complications

Metabolic syndrome is the precursor to diabetes. It involves obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, moderately high blood sugar, and the beginnings of some insulin resistance. If this condition is not nipped in the bud, it will progress to full-blown type 2...
Heal Parkinson’s Disease at Its Root

Heal Parkinson’s Disease at Its Root

Parkinson’s disease has long been considered a disease of the brain. However, studies have increasingly focused on the role of the colony of microorganisms that live in our intestines in neurological and brain diseases such as Parkinson’s. Three studies linking gut...
New Treatment Heals Neuropathy Nerve Cells

New Treatment Heals Neuropathy Nerve Cells

The worst problem with neuropathy is not the tingling feeling, the numbness, or even the pain you experience in your arms, hands, legs, and feet. The worst problem is that neuropathy damages and eventually kills your nerve cells, and there is no medical treatment to...