A new study shows that Parkinson’s disease patients treated with deep brain stimulation can expect the technology to control symptoms like tremors for a decade or longer, while other improvements, such as those in speech and balance, may lessen over time.
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Deep Brain Stimulation May Offer Lasting Benefits for Parkinson’s Disease
People with more than one sibling who have had potentially life-threatening blood clots have a 50-fold increase in risk for the condition, a new study shows.
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Sibling History of Blood Clots May Raise Your Risk
Doctors continue to prescribe antipsychotic drugs to their patients with Parkinson’s disease and psychosis, despite “black box” warnings from the FDA linking them to increased risk of death among patients with dementia, a study shows.
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Antipsychotics Used for Parkinson’s Despite Warnings
People in the early stages of multiple sclerosis (MS) often have low levels of vitamin D and low bone density — indicating bone thinning — and thus are at increased risk of suffering fractures, a study shows.
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Early-Stage MS Patients May Have Fracture Risk
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