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🚬 A link between carbon monoxide and Parkinson's disease may explain why smokers are at a lower risk of developing the condition, according to international research. The team monitored the health of over 500,000 Chinese adults over 12 years, including 1,131 people with Parkinson's and 2,949 with other neurodegenerative diseases. They investigated the impact of smoking through self-reported smoking frequency and measuring carbon monoxide in breath - usually an indicator of smoking. The researchers say both smoking history and exhaled carbon monoxide were linked to a lower risk of Parkinson's. While smokers generally had higher carbon monoxide levels in their breath, the researchers say non-smokers with high carbon monoxide levels also had a lower risk of Parkinson's - suggesting carbon monoxide may be independently protective against Parkinson's. Australian researchers highlight that smoking increases the risk of a host of different health problems, but say this finding could help us better understand why Parkinson's disease bucks the trend.
✨Follow the link to read the full expert reaction✨
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/expert-reaction-why-is-smoking-linked-to-a-lower-risk-of-parkinsons#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #parkinsons #smoking
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🚬 A link between carbon monoxide and Parkinson's disease may explain why smokers are at a lower risk of developing the condition, according to international research. The team monitored the health of over 500,000 Chinese adults over 12 years, including 1,131 people with Parkinson's and 2,949 with other neurodegenerative diseases. They investigated the impact of smoking through self-reported smoking frequency and measuring carbon monoxide in breath - usually an indicator of smoking. The researchers say both smoking history and exhaled carbon monoxide were linked to a lower risk of Parkinson's. While smokers generally had higher carbon monoxide levels in their breath, the researchers say non-smokers with high carbon monoxide levels also had a lower risk of Parkinson's - suggesting carbon monoxide may be independently protective against Parkinson's. Australian researchers highlight that smoking increases the risk of a host of different health problems, but say this finding could help us better understand why Parkinson's disease bucks the trend.
✨Follow the link to read the full expert reaction✨
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/expert-reaction-why-is-smoking-linked-to-a-lower-risk-of-parkinsons#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #parkinsons #smoking
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🚬 A link between carbon monoxide and Parkinson's disease may explain why smokers are at a lower risk of developing the condition, according to international research. The team monitored the health of over 500,000 Chinese adults over 12 years, including 1,131 people with Parkinson's and 2,949 with other neurodegenerative diseases. They investigated the impact of smoking through self-reported smoking frequency and measuring carbon monoxide in breath - usually an indicator of smoking. The researchers say both smoking history and exhaled carbon monoxide were linked to a lower risk of Parkinson's. While smokers generally had higher carbon monoxide levels in their breath, the researchers say non-smokers with high carbon monoxide levels also had a lower risk of Parkinson's - suggesting carbon monoxide may be independently protective against Parkinson's. Australian researchers highlight that smoking increases the risk of a host of different health problems, but say this finding could help us better understand why Parkinson's disease bucks the trend.
✨Follow the link to read the full expert reaction✨
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/expert-reaction-why-is-smoking-linked-to-a-lower-risk-of-parkinsons#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #parkinsons #smoking
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🚬 A link between carbon monoxide and Parkinson's disease may explain why smokers are at a lower risk of developing the condition, according to international research. The team monitored the health of over 500,000 Chinese adults over 12 years, including 1,131 people with Parkinson's and 2,949 with other neurodegenerative diseases. They investigated the impact of smoking through self-reported smoking frequency and measuring carbon monoxide in breath - usually an indicator of smoking. The researchers say both smoking history and exhaled carbon monoxide were linked to a lower risk of Parkinson's. While smokers generally had higher carbon monoxide levels in their breath, the researchers say non-smokers with high carbon monoxide levels also had a lower risk of Parkinson's - suggesting carbon monoxide may be independently protective against Parkinson's. Australian researchers highlight that smoking increases the risk of a host of different health problems, but say this finding could help us better understand why Parkinson's disease bucks the trend.
✨Follow the link to read the full expert reaction✨
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/expert-reaction-why-is-smoking-linked-to-a-lower-risk-of-parkinsons#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #parkinsons #smoking
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🚬 A link between carbon monoxide and Parkinson's disease may explain why smokers are at a lower risk of developing the condition, according to international research. The team monitored the health of over 500,000 Chinese adults over 12 years, including 1,131 people with Parkinson's and 2,949 with other neurodegenerative diseases. They investigated the impact of smoking through self-reported smoking frequency and measuring carbon monoxide in breath - usually an indicator of smoking. The researchers say both smoking history and exhaled carbon monoxide were linked to a lower risk of Parkinson's. While smokers generally had higher carbon monoxide levels in their breath, the researchers say non-smokers with high carbon monoxide levels also had a lower risk of Parkinson's - suggesting carbon monoxide may be independently protective against Parkinson's. Australian researchers highlight that smoking increases the risk of a host of different health problems, but say this finding could help us better understand why Parkinson's disease bucks the trend.
✨Follow the link to read the full expert reaction✨
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/expert-reaction-why-is-smoking-linked-to-a-lower-risk-of-parkinsons#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #parkinsons #smoking
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So...Your Friend Has Parkinson's | Michael J. Fox & Harrison Ford
The advice is actually good for many types of sudden diagnoses and your relationships.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbtEFkgqew0 #Disability #Parkinsons
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🇳🇴 Onsdag: Våken og gråter ikke 😆 (Les: ferdig på postoperativ og på plass på overvåkningen på nevrologisk avdeling. Operasjonen har gått fin-fint med topp resultat.) Jeg er nå en kyborg!
🇬🇧 Wednesday: Awake and not crying (Read: post surgery done and at the intermediary bedpost. The surgery went well with results in the top tier.) I am now a cyborg.
#rikshospitalet #dbs #adbs #parkinsons #dystoni #dystonia #deepbrainStimulation #adaptiveDeepBrainStimulation
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🇳🇴 Tirsdag denne uken: Forberedelser til hode-operasjon.
🇬🇧 Tuesday this week: Preparing for the head surgery.
#rikshospitalet #dbs #adbs #parkinsons #dystoni #dystonia #deepbrainStimulation #adaptiveDeepBrainStimulation
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An observational study of the frequency of Parkinson's disease in about 19 million U.S. residents 67 or older, relative to their residence's distance to a dry cleaner's, found a dose-response relationship, with an approximately 20% higher risk of disease for those living closest.
Original paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41531-026-01513-6
#Science #Health #Parkinsons #DryCleaners #Pollution #Trichloroethylene #TCE
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"On August 10, the California Department of #Pesticide Regulation announced that all manufacturers of pesticide products containing paraquat-dichloride had voluntarily canceled their product registrations in California, beginning a phase-out of #paraquat use in the state.
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“These developments are more than policy milestones. They represent a combination of people living with Parkinson’s, care partners, researchers, clinicians, and #advocates who have called for stronger action on #environmental risk factors associated with the disease.”https://www.apdaparkinson.org/california-moves-to-phase-out-paraquat/
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ICYMI (published May 8, 2025)
,"This population-based case-control study provides evidence in support of an association between living within proximity to #golf courses and the risk of developing PD [Parkinson Disease]. Shorter distances from golf courses were associated with an increased risk of PD compared with those living farther away. Associations with the largest increase in odds was found in individuals living within #water service areas with a golf course and in vulnerable #GroundWater regions.” — "Proximity to Golf Courses and Risk of Parkinson Disease,” Brittany Krzyzanowski, PhD1]; Aidan F. Mullan, MA; E. Ray Dorsey, MD, et al. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2833716https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2833716 #WaterQuality #water #groundwater #rotenone #pesticides #paraquat #RayDorsey #ParkinsonsResearch #Parkinsons #JAMA #MedicalResearch
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🇳🇴 Menyen er «noe» større denne gangen dog …
🇬🇧 A "somewhat" larger menu this time around…
#parkinsons #dystoni #dystonia #deepBrainStimulation #gpi #dbs
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Interesting research…
The Gut-Brain Axis in Neurodegeneration: Mechanistic Links Between Dysbiosis and Neuropathology
https://www.pathologyj.com/article_735466.html
#health #science #research #brain #neuroscience #science #biology #parkinsons #alzheimer #alzheimers
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- have tentative dates for a trip back to Boston to see my former partner who seems to have likely transitioned into the last stage of her life. #Parkinsons Nothing booked yet.
- the feature I want to add to MuseScore seems like it might be feasible to add, based on some initial exploration
- church continues to be very meaningful to me. And I got called on to help lead some singing this morning, which was gratifying
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Largest ever Parkinson’s study shows how symptoms differ between men and women
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🧠 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 #𝘛𝘰𝘹𝘪𝘯𝘴: Living within 1 mile of a golf course links to a 2.25x higher risk of #Parkinsons disease. #Science #Wissenschaft suspect toxic #pesticides leach into local water, extending risks up to 3 miles. #Neurology #Health #Environment #Research #MedSky #Umwelt #Eco #Bio #Data
https://techfixated.com/study-shows-people-living-within-a-mile-of-a-golf-course-had-more-than-twice-the-risk-of-developing-parkinsons-disease-with-elevated-risk-extending-to-about-three-miles-before-declining-beyo/ -
Glasses That Beam Blue Light Into the Eyes: A Wearable Fix for Parkinson's Sleep Problems
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(somewhat) related articles:
Vitamin B12 modulates Parkinson’s disease LRRK2 kinase activity through allosteric regulation and confers neuroprotection. [2019] https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-019-0153-8
Loss of Parkinson’s susceptibility gene LRRK2 promotes carcinogen-induced lung tumorigenesis [2021]
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81639-0Is high vitamin B12 status a cause of lung cancer? [2019]
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1. Excellent and meaningful (to me) sermon from Rev. Aija today
2. Such interesting people and the stories of their spiritual path at the Path to Membership meeting today.
3. While making the decision to move Alyssa back to MA was hard, and then my decision to move back to CA, it was the right thing. Her sister is excellent at managing her care at this stage of the disease.
#3goodThings #threeGoodThings #uu #unitarianUniversalism #parkinsons
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What If A Few Breaths Of CO2 Could Help Fight Alzheimer’s? Research Sparks Hope | Tiffany Chartier, Daily Express Media
23 July 2026
https://health.yahoo.com/conditions/neurological/alzheimers-disease/articles/few-breaths-co2-could-help-130051990.html -
Open position: The role of #epigenetics and ageing in the pathogenesis of #Parkinson's disease.
#science #career #jobs #sciencejobs #job #jobsearch
#postdoc #postdocposition
www.science.hr/jobs/238630/...
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The Quiet Side of the House: How Road Traffic Noise Shapes Parkinson's Risk
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Norsk biobank for stamceller er på vei:
«… I laboratoriet er hudcellene nå i ferd med å programmeres om til å bli såkalte iPS-celler. Altså stamceller som kan gi opphav til alle typer spesialiserte celler i kroppen, for eksempel muskel-, blod- og nerveceller. …
Neste mål er å kunne reparere skadede organer og ødelagt vev hos de med #ParkinsonsSykdom, alvorlige #hudsykdommer, #hjerteinfarkt og #diabetes. …»
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A retrospective analysis of causes of death among approximately 20,000 U.S. National Football League players found that, although they had lower rates of all-cause mortality than the general population, their death rates from neurodegenerative diseases (dementia or Parkinson's) were almost four times higher.
Summary: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-nfl-players-die-due-neurodegenerative.html
Original paper: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(26)00304-4/fulltext
#Science #Health #Sports #Football #NFL #Dementia #Parkinsons
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Science > Syngenta.
This is a very good step, which I hope other states pay attention and follow.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/26/vermont-paraquat-weedkiller-ban
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Paraquat, which is linked to inception of Parkinson's disease, and is banned in more than 70 countries, is not regulated as an air pollutant--so a production plant in Wanesboro, Mississippi releases tens of thousands of pounds into the air each year, without constraint or consequence.
https://thelensnola.org/2026/04/29/paraquat-parkinsons-mississippi-wayne-county/
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Over 70 countries have banned this #pesticide, but plants in the South still release it into the air
https://lailluminator.com/2026/05/01/paraquat-parkinson/#Paraquat has been linked to #Parkinson’s disease and just a sip is fatal, but tens of thousands of pounds of it are being released in the #Mississippi Basin.
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Pesticide Company To Stop Producing Weed Killer Linked to Parkinson’s Disease
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Scientists Thought #Parkinsons Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the #Water
New ideas about #ChronicIllness could revolutionize treatment, if we take the research seriously.
By David Ferry, December 10, 2025
Excerpt: "Sometime before 1953, a massive plume of #trichlorethylene, or #TCE, had entered the groundwater beneath #CampLejeune. TCE is a highly effective solvent—one of those midcentury wonder chemicals—that vaporizes quickly and dissolves whatever grease it touches. The spill’s source is debated, but grunts on base used TCE to maintain machinery, and the dry cleaner sprayed it on dress blues. It was ubiquitous at Lejeune and all over America.
"And TCE appeared benign, too—you could rub it on your hands or huff its fumes and feel no immediate effects. It plays a longer game. For approximately 35 years, Marines and sailors who lived at Lejeune unknowingly breathed in vaporized TCE whenever they turned on their tap. The Navy, which oversees the Marine Corps, first denied the toxic plume’s existence, then refused to admit it could affect Marines’ health. But as Lejeune’s vets aged, cancers and unexplained illness began stalking them at staggering rates. Marines stationed on base had a 35 percent higher risk of developing kidney cancer, a 47 percent higher risk of Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a 68 percent higher risk of multiple myeloma. At the local cemetery, the section reserved for infants had to be expanded.
"Meanwhile, Langston had spent the remainder of the 1980s setting up the California Parkinson’s Foundation (later renamed the Parkinson’s Institute), a lab and treatment facility equipped with everything needed to finally reveal the cause of the disease. 'We thought we were going to solve it,' Langston told me. Researchers affiliated with the institute created the first animal model for Parkinson’s, identified a pesticide called #Paraquat as a near chemical match to #MPTP, and proved that farm workers who sprayed Paraquat developed Parkinson’s at exceedingly high rates.
"Then they showed that identical twins developed Parkinson’s at the same rate as fraternal twins—something that wouldn’t make sense if the disease were purely genetic, since identical twins share DNA and fraternal twins do not. They even noted TCE as a potential cause of the disease, Langston says. Each revelation, the team thought, represented another nail in the coffin of the genetic theory of Parkinson’s."
Read more:
https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-thought-parkinsons-was-in-our-genes-it-might-be-in-the-water/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/w8kFq#TCE #Solvents #DryCleaningFluid #Toxins #ToxicContamination #ParkinsonsDisease #WaterIsLife #WaterContamination
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"Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson’s. They blame a deadly pesticide.
Paul Friday remembers when his hand started flopping in the cold weather – the first sign nerve cells in his brain were dying.
He was eventually diagnosed with Parkinson’s, a brain disease that gets worse over time. His limbs got stiffer. He struggled to walk. He couldn’t keep living on his family farm. Shortly afterward, Friday came to believe that decades of spraying a pesticide called paraquat at his peach orchard in southwestern Michigan may be the culprit.
'It explained to me why I have Parkinson’s disease,' said Friday, who is now 83, and makes that claim in a pending lawsuit.
The pesticide, a weed killer, is extremely toxic.
With evidence of its harms stacking up, it’s already been banned in dozens of countries all over the world, including the United Kingdom and China, where it’s made. Yet last year, its manufacturer Syngenta, a subsidiary of a company owned by the Chinese government, continued selling paraquat in the United States and other nations that haven’t banned it."
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As far back as 1975 corporate insiders were aware of potential risks. They called #paraquat’s long-term effects "a quite terrible problem” (Nov 11, 1975 ltr to #Chevron Environmental Health, Standard Oil of California).
Over 70 countries banned paraquat; it remains legal in US. #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency banned use on #golf courses but allows on crops.
Most US paraquat comes from China & UK—both banned paraquat’s use in their countries.
—From #TheNewLede, Environmental Working Group vid
https://thenewlede.substack.com/p/watch-parkinsons-and-pesticides-insideHard to know full scope of paraquat use across US; California is only state where info on location & amt of use is readily available.— https://www.ewg.org/research/wonderful-company-among-californias-top-users-toxic-weedkiller-paraquat
In 2023 it was 46th most used pesticide in CA, 369,978 pounds applied.— https://www.cdpr.ca.gov/2024/12/30/department-of-pesticide-regulation-releases-preliminary-findings-from-review-of-environmental-and-human-health-studies-related-to-the-use-of-the-pesticide-paraquat/#CentralCoast workers&residents exposed to >300K kilograms 1992-2017. #MontereyCounty ranked as county in region with highest amt use— https://www.walkuplawoffice.com/central-coast-paraquat-lawsuit/
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Autophagy, The Gut's Role and Ivermectin in Parkinson's Disease Parkinson's disease is a neurological disorder in which neurons and dopamine-producing cells in your brain begin to die. ...
#anti-aging #autophagy #brain #health #detoxification #fasting #ivermectin #parkinson's #disease
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Sympathy to the family and friends of Patrick (“Pat”) R. Perry of Salinas, CA. Pat passed away peacefully on September 3 after battling Parkinson’s disease for more than 10 years.
"Pat spent much of his free time enjoying nature: hiking in Big Sur and the Ventana
Wilderness, hunting at the family deer club, fishing in Monterey Bay, and bike riding
along the coast.”#RIPPatrickPerry
https://www.struveandlaporte.com/obituaries/Patrick-R-Perry?obId=33068471
#Ag #Farmer #SakataSeed #SilverCreekFarms #Palma #CalPoly #Jesuit #ArmyNationalGuard #Veteran #Parkinsons
