Parkinson’s disease

Robert Downey Sr., the accomplished countercultural filmmaker, actor and father of superstar Robert Downey Jr., has died

Jeremy Bulloch, the English actor who played Boba Fett in the original “Star Wars” trilogy, has died.

It appears the curtain is closing on Michael J. Fox’s acting career. The Emmy winner, 59, writes in his new memoir, “No Time Like the Future,” that he is mulling another retirement from acting due to the effects of living with Parkinson’s disease for nearly 30 years.

Heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne revealed Tuesday that he has Parkinson’s disease, according to NBC News.

Louisiana is becoming the first Deep South state to dispense medical marijuana on Tuesday, four years after state lawmakers agreed to give patients access to therapeutic cannabis. Nine pharmacies are licensed to dispense medical marijuana across Louisiana and most are expected to open this week. Louisiana joins more than 30 other states that allow medical marijuana in some form. And...

The NFL concussion fund has paid out nearly $500 million in its first two years, but some players’ lawyers say there aren’t enough doctors in the approved network to evaluate dementia claims.

The Food and Drug Administration warned consumers on Tuesday that there’s no proof that blood plasma infusions from younger donors can treat diseases, prompting one company that charges thousands of dollars for the service to halt the treatments, NBC News reported. The company, Ambrosia, wrote in a statement on its website that it had “ceased patient treatments.” It has been...

Chronic pain is the most common reason people give when they enroll in state-approved medical marijuana programs.

Scientists have found a new clue that Parkinson’s disease may get its start not in the brain but in the gut — maybe in the appendix. People who had their appendix removed early in life had a lower risk of getting the tremor-inducing brain disease decades later, researchers reported Wednesday. Why? A peek at surgically removed appendix tissue shows this...

They’re the tech-age version of donor jars at the diner: crowdfunding websites that aim to link ailing people with strangers willing to help pay for medical treatment. But new research suggests duped patients sometimes crowdfund to pay for bogus stem cell treatments. A study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association focused on for-profit clinics that use...

The Los Angeles Dodgers honored 1988 World Series hero Kirk Gibson on Thursday and the video will have you in tears.

Joe Panik hit a solo shot off Clayton Kershaw in the fifth inning for the only run of the game, and the Dodgers dropped the opener for the first time since 2010.

The Los Angeles Dodgers will play at Dodger Stadium for the first time this year, facing the Angels in Game 2 of the three-game Freeway Series.

The Los Angeles Dodgers announced the unveiling of the ‘Kirk Gibson Seat,’ in the right field pavilion at Dodger Stadium — the landing spot of the famous home run in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series.

Scientists have created a hair-thin implant that can drip medications deep into the brain by remote control and with pinpoint precision. Tested only in animals so far, if the device pans out it could mark a new approach to treating brain diseases — potentially reducing side effects by targeting only the hard-to-reach circuits that need care. “You could deliver things...

Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson announced Friday he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.

Allegations that former President George H.W. Bush inappropriately touched six women involve potential crimes punishable by fines or jail time, if they had been prosecuted. All but one of the cases is ineligible under state laws that limit when a prosecution can begin after an alleged crime, and several lawyers interviewed said that it would be difficult to win a...

A woman who thought she’d never run again completed the New York City Marathon on Sunday — backwards.

Specially trained dogs could offer early detection of Parkinson’s Disease, helping patients before too much damage is done.

Michael J. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease 25 years ago. He was 29 years old, in the middle of filming “Doc Hollywood” in 1991, when he received the life-changing news. He sat on the news for seven years before telling the public. But at age 55, Fox has fully embraced the disease that he used to deny. He has...