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...study—made by an HSPH team that included Hernan and Associate Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology Alberto Ascherio—has been investigating possible risk factors for Parkinson??s disease...
Using data from two long-term studies, the researchers examined risk factors for Parkinson??s disease—a progressive neurological condition that causes tremors, stiff limbs and difficulty in movement—and found there was “no significant difference between drinkers and non-drinkers,” according to lead researcher Miguel Hernan, an assistant professor of epidemiology at HSPH...
According to the National Parkinson Foundation website, researchers still do not fully understand what causes Parkinson??s, which affects about 1.5 million Americans, including 1 in 100 who are over...
Hernan said previous studies have found that smokers and coffee drinkers are less likely to develop Parkinson??s disease—at least among men. This has led some scientists to posit that the disease is positively correlated with a certain personality type whose tendency is to avoid addictive behaviors...
...people with Parkinson??s have this special type of personality that leads them to avoid behaviors that are addictive, then we would expect that they drink less too,” said Hernan, who added that his latest results have not supported this theory...