Diabetes Linked to Higher Parkinson's Risk
March 28, 2007
Digg This! | Send to Newsvine | Add to del.icio.usMarch 28, 2007 (PRNewswire) -- People who have type 2 diabetes are more likely to develop Parkinson's disease as they age, though researchers are uncertain what accounts for the link between the two diseases, according to a new study being published in the April issue of Diabetes Care.
The study, by researchers in Finland, is the first large prospective study to find type 2 diabetes to be a risk factor for Parkinson's disease, a movement disorder characterized by muscle rigidity and tremors.
According to the authors, people with type 2 diabetes are 83 percent more likely to be diagnosed with Parkinson's than people in the general population. The study found the association between the two diseases existed for both men and women, independently of other confounding factors.
"Diabetes might increase the risk of Parkinson's disease partly through excess body weight," the researchers hypothesized, since their work showed that excess body weight was also associated with an elevated risk of Parkinson's disease. However, they concluded that more research needed to be done to fully understand the mechanisms behind this link.
Posted by dlife at March 28, 2007 09:15 AM
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Parkinson's disease is a big problem. This sickness needs to be treated for the rest of the life. When a person suffers of Parkinson's disease, she must be conscient that this problem is difficult to control and requires a lot of patience. When a young person has this health problem, she generally don't feel like living.
You must know that PD is a degenerative disorder ot the cenral nervous system and affects movements and speech. You can feel postural instability, rigidity, fail in your reflexes and pain in your articulations and muscles.
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Posted by: Cucufate at December 14, 2007 12:42 PM
I have a question. I have Diabetes 2, my mother has Parkinson's. Does this mean that I have a high posibility to get Parkinson's. It is a terrible disorder, extremely disabling!
Posted by: Cecilia at April 13, 2007 02:01 PM