parkinsons

Background The etiology of Parkinson's disease (PD) remains unclear, and environmental risk-factors such as occupation have attracted interest. Objective The goal was to investigate occupational complexity in relation to PD. Methods We conducted a population-based cohort study based on the...

Bastiaan Bloem, MD, a neurologist and professor at Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, says that over the next 20 years, the number of people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) will likely double — from the present 6.5 million to more than 13 million...

A major epidemiological registry-based study from Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital indicates that Parkinson’s disease begins in the gastrointestinal tract; the study is the largest in the field so far. The chronic neurodegenerative Parkinson’s disease affects an increasing number...