Urgent action needed on Parkinson’s treatment

A generation of people with Parkinson’s face a potentially uncertain future knowing that their condition will never improve, Parkinson’s UK has warned. The charity has said urgent action is required to unlock the promise of research developments that could pave the way to better treatments and stop Parkinson’s drugs ‘falling behind’. As a result, the charity has launched an appeal to raise desperately needed funds to revolutionise Parkinson’s research on the 200th year* of the condition first being recognised. While some new drugs have been developed in this time, no current medication is able to slow down or stop the