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Sat, 04-3-10 - 8:48am by KBenardello
Study Suggests Smoking May Delay Onset of Parkinson’s Disease
In recent years, people have been able to recite the harmful effects smoking has on their health, including lung disease and emphysema. But a recent study performed by the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences shows that long-term smokers have less of a chance at developing Parkinson’s disease than non-smokers.
The study, which was published on March 10 on the online journal ‘Neurology,’ concludes that smokers are 73 percent less likely to suffer from the disease than their non-smoking counterparts. Approximately 305,000 men and women over the age of 50 were studied by the National Institutes for 10 years, after which half of one percent of the participants had developed the disease.
The amount of cigarettes the participants smoked didn’t appear to have an effect. But the study showed that the longer a person smokes, the less likely they are to develop Parkinson’s. People who smoked for less than a decade had a four percent lower risk, while those who smoked for 30 years had a 41 percent lower risk.
The researchers concluded that cigarettes improve the brain’s resiliency to the disease. However, they still don’t advocate taking up the habit, as the cons outweigh the pros.
Written by: Karen Benardello
The study, which was published on March 10 on the online journal ‘Neurology,’ concludes that smokers are 73 percent less likely to suffer from the disease than their non-smoking counterparts. Approximately 305,000 men and women over the age of 50 were studied by the National Institutes for 10 years, after which half of one percent of the participants had developed the disease.
The amount of cigarettes the participants smoked didn’t appear to have an effect. But the study showed that the longer a person smokes, the less likely they are to develop Parkinson’s. People who smoked for less than a decade had a four percent lower risk, while those who smoked for 30 years had a 41 percent lower risk.
The researchers concluded that cigarettes improve the brain’s resiliency to the disease. However, they still don’t advocate taking up the habit, as the cons outweigh the pros.
Written by: Karen Benardello
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