Parkinson's disease in Podcasts
conditionA neurodegenerative disorder affecting movement, often associated with environmental toxins and diet.
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Well, this goes back a long time, actually. These drugs began to be used for a particular type of tumour in the 1980s, a tumour that's called a pituitary gland tumour, but relatively at low levels. But then in the 1990s, they begin to be used for Parkinson's disease. Parkinson's disease is the fastest growing neurological condition in the world. There are some 12 million sufferers, and that number is thought to be about to double before 2050 because of ageing populations.
What if it causes Parkinson's and MS and ALS?