Laura Vickers-Green

1 week ago | parkinsonseurope.org | Laura Vickers-Green

Last Friday 11 April we once again saw the Parkinson’s community unite to raise up each other’s voices for the 2025 edition of World Parkinson’s Day, with events, campaigns and other special awareness-raising activities taking place across the globe in solidarity with people with Parkinson’s everywhere.

1 month ago | parkinsonseurope.org | Laura Vickers-Green

A new modelling study published today in the BMJ (British Medical Journal) suggests there will be 25 million people living with Parkinson’s worldwide by 2050, more than doubling the current global prevalence of Parkinson’s. Researchers from Capital Medical University in Beijing, China, conducted this latest modelling study using data from the 2021 Global Burden of Disease Study to predict the prevalence of Parkinson’s in 195 countries and territories from 2022 to 2050.

Jan 20, 2025 | parkinsonseurope.org | Laura Vickers-Green

A new report has highlighted the need for a sex-and-gender-specific focus when it comes to Parkinson’s research and care, and has identified a number of ways to improve care for women with Parkinson’s.

Oct 1, 2024 | parkinsonseurope.org | Laura Vickers-Green

“Deep brain stimulation treatment takes teamwork,” explains Dr Michael Barbe, a consultant in the neurology department at the University Hospital of Cologne, Germany. “It’s not just down to one person – it’s an interplay between the person with Parkinson’s, the surgeon and the neurologist.”Deep Brain Stimulation (or ) is a surgical treatment option that some people with Parkinson’s can consider implementing into their care regimen alongside medication and supportive therapies.

Sep 12, 2024 | parkinsonseurope.org | Laura Vickers-Green

Carl Beech was diagnosed with Young-Onset Parkinson’s just last year, in 2023, at the age of 51. However, he is already making big waves in the Parkinson’s community, thanks to his recent invention of a wearable device (called a Beech Band) which aims to reduce speech issues like stammer. It may also help with other Parkinson’s symptoms like freezing, and symptoms of separate conditions, like tics in Tourette’s.