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  • Farmers Have Sprayed It for Decades. A New Bill Wants to Ban It Nationwide, Citing Parkinson’s Risk.
  • Two paths to steadier Parkinson’s treatment, one shows promise, one shows a warning sign
  • Could Changing the Frequency of Deep Brain Stimulation Help Parkinson’s Cognition?
  • This Week in Parkinsons 8/13/26
    Experimental Once-Daily Parkinson’s Drug Shows Promise in Large Trial, but Some Patients Struggled to Tolerate It
  • Three Databases, One Pattern: Pesticide-Exposed Parkinson’s Patients Face Broader Symptom Burden
  • FDA, Fox Foundation Advance Parkinson’s Cell and Gene Therapies as Research Momentum Build

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The In the News section of The Movement Disorder Journal brings readers the latest developments at the intersection of neurology, science, and public health. Covering conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, Essential Tremor, ALS, and rare genetic disorders, the section delivers timely reporting on emerging research, new treatments, environmental risk factors, and the policy decisions shaping patient care. Written to be accessible to both medical professionals and engaged general readers, these stories translate complex scientific findings into clear, meaningful context — helping audiences stay informed about the forces driving progress in movement disorder medicine.

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Farmers Have Sprayed It for Decades. A New Bill Wants to Ban It Nationwide, Citing Parkinson’s Risk.
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Farmers Have Sprayed It for Decades. A New Bill Wants to Ban It Nationwide, Citing Parkinson’s Risk.

A bipartisan bill in Congress seeks to ban paraquat, a widely used herbicide linked in research to an increased risk of Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s organizations…
Chris DennyAugust 25, 2026
Two paths to steadier Parkinson’s treatment, one shows promise, one shows a warning sign
In the NewsLatest in HealthPress Releases

Two paths to steadier Parkinson’s treatment, one shows promise, one shows a warning sign

This week in Parkinson’s: New research highlights advances in treating motor fluctuations while raising new questions about the real-world safety of continuous levodopa therapy.
Chris DennyAugust 24, 2026

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