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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
A major 12-year study based on a Taiwanese population cohort has demonstrated that not only does diabetes increase the risk of developing Parkinson's disease more than 2-fold, the use of sulfonylureas, commonly used as treatment for diabetes, increases the risk further by about 57%. This study also found that by including metformin in the therapy, no increased risk in developing Parkinson's disease was recorded.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120416113007.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120416113007.htm