Stereotypic movement disorder is a motor disorder that develops in childhood, typically before grade school, and involves repetitive, purposeless movement. Examples of stereotypic movements include ...

UH Samaritan Medical Center adds neurologist Dr. Mohamed Elkasaby to treat dementia and Parkinson's in Ashland.

Scientists at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School have developed a targeted genetic test to improve diagnosis for X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism (XDP), a rare and disabling ...

Essential tremor (ET) is a common movement disorder affecting about 2% of the American population, and more than 20% of those over 90 years old. Despite its prevalence and decades of study, ...

A 59-year-old woman with a background of HIV living with an uncontrollable movement disorder presented to Eoghan Donlon, MB, BCh BAO, MRCPI, of the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in Dublin, ...

Spinal cerebellar ataxia 6 (SCA6) is an inherited neurological condition which has a debilitating impact on motor coordination. Affecting around 1 in 100,000 people, the rarity of SCA6 has seen it ...

Using a common attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication appears to help manage the symptoms of a rare and currently difficult to treat genetic movement disorder primarily found in ...

Researchers have conclusively identified the genetic cause of a rare, progressive movement disorder. A rare extra-long version of a gene appears to cause nerve cells to become poisoned by toxic ...

Share on Pinterest Athletes who develop chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) from playing contact sports may have a high risk of developing Parkinsonism. Alexey Kuzma/Stocksy Playing contact sports ...