Parkinson's provides one more reason to protect your noggin
Even a minor brain injury might raise your risk.
By Neel V. Patel April 19, 2018
While the link to Parkinson's is still murky, it's becoming quite clear that it's important to protect your noggin from even minor injuries.
A new study published in the journal Neurology is making waves for suggesting a single traumatic brain injury (TBI), even a mild one, can significantly increase the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease.
The new study, spearheaded by a group of researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, found that the increased risk was contingent on how severe the brain injury was, but even a mild brain injury raised the likelihood of Parkinson’s by as much as 56 percent. The UCSF team argues it’s the biggest evidence to date connecting mild traumatic brain injuries—which often come in the form of concussions—to Parkinson’s, and follows in the footsteps of what the team had found in prior research.
https://www.popsci.com/parkinsons-disease-brain-injury-concussion
