Findings from a new study found that dogs can detect Parkinson’s disease from skin swabs with 80% accuracy, offering hope for earlier diagnosis.

Heavy metal rocker Ozzy Osbourne died this week at 76, just weeks after his farewell show and about five years after announcing he had Parkinson's disease.

Heavy metal rocker Ozzy Osbourne died this week at age 76, just weeks after his farewell show and about five years after announcing he had Parkinson’s disease.

Heavy metal rocker Ozzy Osbourne died this week at 76, about five years after announcing he had Parkinson's disease.

Parkinson’s disease is a progressive movement disorder of the nervous system that weakens nerve cells and leads to symptoms, including problems with movement, tremor, stiffness and impaired balance.

Heavy metal rocker Ozzy Osbourne died this week at 76, just weeks after his farewell show and about five years after announcing he had Parkinson's disease.

A recent study linking human pegivirus to Parkinson’s is leading scientists to examine the connection between other viral infections and neurodegenerative diseases.

When presented skin swabs, the dogs were up to 80% effective in accurately detecting people with confirmed Parkinson's, researchers report in the Journal of Parkinson's Disease.

Ozzy Osbourne, lead singer of Black Sabbath, has died at age 76. He said he had been previously diagnosed with a form of Parkinson’s disease linked to the gene PRKN ...