Parkinson's disease

Joan Didion, the revered author and essayist whose provocative social commentary and detached, methodical literary voice made her a uniquely clear-eyed critic of a uniquely turbulent time, has died.

“If you don’t think you have anything to be grateful for, keep looking,” he said.

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.

On Friday, NBC’s Today show featured NBC 7 Investigates’ reporting on the rise of stem cell clinics across the country.

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...

A man diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease began a cross-country walk two months ago to raise awareness of the disease, and finished his last mile at the San Diego Imperial Beach Pier on Wednesday.

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.