According to the study, those people who reported using Benzedrine or Dexedrine were nearly 60 percent more likely to develop Parkinson's than those people who didn't take the drugs.As the article notes, amphetamines plays around with dopamine in the brain, so it doesn't seem a stretch to see a connection.
* It's been noted before, but it looks like another study suggests that taking Ibuprofen reduces risk of Parkinson's.
* Alzheimer's disease has a liver connection?:
Unexpected results from a Scripps Research Institute and ModGene, LLC study could completely alter scientists' ideas about Alzheimer's disease -- pointing to the liver instead of the brain as the source of the "amyloid" that deposits as brain plaques associated with this devastating condition. The findings could offer a relatively simple approach for Alzheimer's prevention and treatment.
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