A new study found that women who test positive for A Parkinson-s related protein accumulated tau at a much faster rate, ...

A Parkinson Canada campaign running this month highlights research gaps for women with the disease, gender-specific support groups and stories from women navigating the nervous system disorder.

Deep brain stimulation, or DBS, is like a pacemaker for the brain—and can hugely improve symptoms. Here is everything you need to know.

It started as a twitch in her ankle. In 2018, when she was 43, Allie Signorelli noticed an intermittent sensation that didn’t go away. At her next annual check-up, Signorelli asked her primary care ...

Summary: Women make up nearly two-thirds of Alzheimer’s patients, and researcher may have just discovered a massive reason why. A new study found that when the protein alpha-synuclein (typically ...

A protein best known for its role in Parkinson's disease may help explain why women make up around two-thirds of Alzheimer's ...

Women with a precursor condition to Parkinson’s disease showed significantly less brain atrophy than their male counterparts despite similar clinical severity, according to an October study published ...

Alzheimer's-related brain changes progressed up to 20 times faster in women who also had abnormal levels of a ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — A Mayo Clinic study has found that Alzheimer's-related brain changes can progress up to 20 times faster in women who also have abnormal levels of a Parkinson's-related protein. This ...

A large international study involving nearly 700 participants reveals that women with a precursor condition to Parkinson's disease show significantly less brain atrophy—decreased cortical thickness in ...

A woman living with Parkinson’s disease played her clarinet while undergoing brain stimulation, offering surgeons immediate, audible evidence of the procedure’s success. Denise Bacon, 65, from ...