Hepatitis infection may increase the risk for Parkinson’s disease, though the reasons for the link remain unknown.
British investigators used records of 100,390 patients hospitalized with various forms of hepatitis or H.I.V. from 1999 to 2011. They compared Parkinson’s incidence in these patients with incidence in more than six million people admitted for medical or surgical conditions like cataracts, knee replacement or varicose veins.
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A former skier, golfer, and tennis player, 83-year-old Henry King remains active in different ways after a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease.
“I recommend surrounding yourself with a network of people dealing with the same problem,” says Nancy Mulhearn of Asbury, NJ, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2006 at age 44. That’s what she did after years of denying the disease and hiding her symptoms. “I didn’t want to be pitied or stared at, and I didn’t want the world to change for me and my condition,” she explains…. Full Story>
Stanford Health Library welcomed Mehrdad Ayati, MD, geriatrician, to address the issue of prescription medications for the aging population. This population is prescribed the highest proportion of medications in relation to their percentage of the U.S population –13% of current geriatric population purchase 33% of all prescription drugs and this number will increase to 50% by 2040.