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Despite the suggestions of a correlation between ibuprofen use and risk of Parkinson’s disease, the Harvard researchers said that the study’s findings cannot be used to reach any conclusions because the research was purely observational and did not examine causality...
...next step is to “take advantage” of the study’s findings by further exploring the relationship between ibuprofen use and risk of Parkinson’s disease, said Michael A. Schwarzschild, an associate professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School and one of the study’s authors...
Schwarzschild said that it is not surprising that anti-inflammatory medication like ibuprofen may help reduce the risk of the disease, which involves inflammation of the brain. But scientists have yet to determine exactly why ibuprofen may be more effective as a neuroprotective agent than other anti-inflammatory drugs, Schwarzschild explained...
...study, published online Monday in the journal Pediatrics, tracked 1,826 women from pregnancy through their children’s first five years and finds that African American and Latino children in particular stand a much greater risk of being overweight...
Even adjusted for socioeconomic status, almost every known risk factor for childhood obesity occurs at higher rates among racial and ethnic minorities, lead author Medical School professor Elsie M. Taveras said...