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19th November 2011 - New research SMOKING REDUCES THE RISK OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE Fukuoka Igaku Zasshi [2011] 102 (8) : 254-265 (Kiyohara C, Kusuhara S.) Complete abstract Movement Disorders [2011] Nov 16 [Epub ahead of print] (Searles Nielsen S, Gallagher LG, Lundin JI, Longstreth WT Jr, Smith-Weller T, Franklin GM, Swanson PD, Checkoway H.) Complete abstract
Tobacco smoke contains chemicals that are MAO inhibitors. MAO inhibitors are a type of drug (such as Selegiline and Rasagiline) used commonly in Parkinson's Disease. MAO inhibitors affect Parkinson's Disease by maintaining dopamine levels. The main drug in tobacco, which is nicotine, is heavily involved in the activity of acetylcholine, a chemical in the body that affects the activity of dopamine. For more current news go to Parkinson's Disease News.E-MAIL NOTIFICATION : If you would like to be notified by e-mail when any new research, news reports, new books, or new resources are added to Parkinson's Disease News, please merely e-mail [email protected] with the message "subscribe". No form of identity is required. E-mail addresses are not used for any other purpose. |
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Parkinson's Disease News details all significant new research, news reports, new books, and new resources concerning Parkinson's Disease and those medical disorders that often coincide with Parkinson's Disease. It is compiled from an analysis of all newly published research, news reports, new clinical trials, all newly published books, and new web sites. A summary and analysis of the new research are provided, as well as links to the complete abstracts and news reports
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The risk of developing Parkinson's Disease has been found to be far lower in
people that smoke. Current smokers reduce the risk of developing Parkinson's
Disease down to 31%. Those people that have ever been smokers reduce the risk
down to 55%. Former smokers reduce the risk to 72%. The risk of Parkinson's
Disease therefore effectively increases over time if somebody gives up smoking.
These results were obtained by assessing all the possible studies concerning
smoking and Parkinson's Disease. Even the risk for passive smokers was reduced
to only 34%.What the results do not show is whether those
people inclined to be smokers are for some reason less likely to develop
Parkinson's Disease, or if smoking has an effect on the biochemistry involved in
Parkinson's Disease. 
