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The majority of cases of Parkinson’s disease aren’t related to genetics, research shows, while some environmental …

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Specific pesticides as well as other chemicals increase one’s risk for developing Parkinson’s disease, research shows. …

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More and more people around the world are being affected by Parkinson’s disease, a common condition …

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The aberrant protein alpha synuclein is known to be involved in the development of Parkinson’s disease, …

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Abundant evidence points to a protein called alpha synuclein in causing the range of symptoms seen …

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By the time someone with Parkinson’s disease, or PD, has hand tremors, the process of developing …

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Just a few decades ago data from the Global Burden of Disease study reported about half …

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Parkinson’s disease is common, and becoming even more so, recent data indicate. Liana Rosenthal, a neurologist …

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