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Parkinson's Foundation Announces the "Paul Oreffice Innovations in Care Awards"
NEW YORK & MIAMI (September 23, 2025) —The Parkinson’s Foundation announced today the “Paul Oreffice Innovations in Care Awards” to fund innovative practices in clinical care that can improve the health and quality of life for people with Parkinson’s disease (PD).
Parkinson’s Foundation Announces Fall 2025 Moving Day Walks
NEW YORK & MIAMI (September 16, 2025) — Today, the Parkinson’s Foundation announced the fall 2025 event lineup for Moving Day, a Walk for Parkinson’s. Moving Day is the Foundation’s signature fundraising event that unites supporters to take action in the fight against Parkinson’s (PD).
Parkinson’s Advocates Rally in D.C., Urge Congress to Boost Research Funding & Ban Parkinson’s-Linked Chemical
Washington, D.C. (September 9, 2025) — This week, more than 250 Parkinson’s patients, family members, care partners, researchers and clinicians from 45 states are gathering in the nation’s capital to call on Congress to accelerate progress toward better treatments and cures for Parkinson’s disease.
In The News
Medications to Avoid with Parkinson’s Disease
Health Central
October 8, 2025
Parkinson's Foundation Chief Medical Officer Sneha Mantri, MD, and Foundation National Medical Advisor, Michael Okun, MD, are exclusively interviewed about medication protocols when taking levodopa or other Parkinson’s drugs.
The hidden trigger behind Parkinson’s has finally been spotted
BBC Science Focus
October 1, 2025
Scientists have, for the first time, directly visualized and counted alpha-synuclein oligomers, never seen before in brain tissue. The findings mark a major advancement in our understanding of PD.
How Gene Mutations Drive Dementia in Parkinson’s Disease
Yale School of Medicine
September 27, 2025
The Parkinson's Foundation supported new research recently published in a Nature Communications study that found cognitive deficits in Parkinson’s disease arise through a different—and unexpected—mechanism.
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