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Related: About this forum4 surprising things that may reduce your risk of Parkinson's
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Parkinsons disease, once considered relatively rare, is now one of the most common neurological disorders in the world, and the second most common after Alzheimers disease. The number of people living with Parkinsons has more than doubled in the past 25 years to 8.5 million, and is predicted to hit 25.2 million by 2050.
Washington Post
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The four things.
1. Drink coffee or tea
2. Be careful about dry-cleaning
3. Avoid pesticides
4. Consider using a water filter
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4 surprising things that may reduce your risk of Parkinson's (Original Post)
Mosby
Monday
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Silent Type
(11,553 posts)1. Kennedy Jr will blame it on Tylenol, Viagra, or something.
NoRethugFriends
(3,539 posts)2. pay wall
Mosby
(19,129 posts)4. It's a gift link.
Does it want email or something?
IbogaProject
(5,208 posts)6. For educational use
https://archive.ph/k9URE
Drink coffee or tea
Perc used for dry cleaning should be avoided, baned now in California.
Get a carbon bloc water filter to recuce that chemical
And avoid pesticides
That is the list.
Drink coffee or tea
Perc used for dry cleaning should be avoided, baned now in California.
Get a carbon bloc water filter to recuce that chemical
And avoid pesticides
That is the list.
sop
(16,535 posts)3. What are the four surprising things?
1. Drink coffee or tea
2. Be careful about dry-cleaning
3. Avoid pesticides
4. Consider using a water filter
Akakoji
(418 posts)8. Please supply scientific reference?
I dont read WaPo. But I can access any journal ever published. Thanks!
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2210533611001651
https://www.regulations.gov/document/EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-0720-0024
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ana.20904?casa_token=dH1k0cTR1osAAAAA%3AlbOvDJyB7x0fmruNVTqeByMdzqR0dcYAr2LxRkPozUwAEX66qPvGzkuOdoxZz3TIMGiceE6mu2ivVTou
https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/full/10.1289/ehp.0900852
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0269749123019383
https://www.regulations.gov/document/EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-0720-0024
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ana.20904?casa_token=dH1k0cTR1osAAAAA%3AlbOvDJyB7x0fmruNVTqeByMdzqR0dcYAr2LxRkPozUwAEX66qPvGzkuOdoxZz3TIMGiceE6mu2ivVTou
https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/full/10.1289/ehp.0900852
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0269749123019383