A year ago, Sevene began twice-weekly exercise classes designed for Parkinson’s patients that include high-intensity bouts of noncontact boxing. He also started daily 25-minute speed sessions on ...

Currently, no approved treatments curb the progression of Parkinson’s disease, says Calabresi. These findings suggest regular exercise may be one way of doing so, he says.

“I would be dead without it,” he said. People With Parkinson’s are embracing improved exercise habits, diet, mental tools and social networks to punch back at this cruel disease.

Exercise is considered fundamental to the treatment of Parkinson's, with studies showing it can alleviate symptoms of the disease and improve mobility, flexibility and balance. But people who run ...

By Cynthia Hubert August 18, 2023 Can physical exercise play an important role in slowing the progression of Parkinson’s disease? A new Sacramento State study may help answer that question.

Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston have shown that the hormone irisin, which is secreted into the blood during endurance, or aerobic, exercise, ...