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smoking good for Parkinsons
Topic Started: Jan 22 2005, 08:36 PM (93 Views)
Sophie
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STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Tobacco may have at least one virtue -- that of providing some protection against the onset of Parkinson's disease (news - web sites), according to a new Swedish study.

Researchers at the Karolinska Institute, Sweden's leading medical research center, looked at the medical and death records of sets of Swedish twins, in which one smoked and the other did not.

"Many studies have shown a protective effect of cigarette smoking on Parkinson's disease," said the study published online this month by the Annals of Neurology -- but many have argued that this may have been due to genetic factors.

By studying twins with different life styles, the researchers said they sought to exclude the genetic factor.

They found no association between Parkinson's disease, a degenerative neurological condition, and alcohol, coffee or place of residence.

But smokers appeared to be less affected, which the researchers said, confirmed "the protective effect of smoking on Parkinson's disease" and established that the association "is only partially explained by genetic and familial environmental factors."



:blink: :wacko: :bolt: smoking? I think I'd rather take the Parkinsons
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Minuet
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Maybe they died of lung cancer or emphysema before the Parkinsons could take hold. :rolleyes:
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Sophie
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It would probably depend on how much they smoked.
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Ngagh
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Huh?
Ciggerettes have some powerful drugs in them. I guess this might be a good side effect to slowly killing yourself.
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Fesarius
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I read today about Johnny Carson (I'm sure there is already a thread that I have yet to visit on this). My mother died from the same thing, after approximately forty years of smoking....
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Dr. Noah
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Sure, and heroin is good for preventing cancer. Who comes up with this crap?

And they came to this conclusion from one control group. :rolleyes:
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Fesarius
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The Sisko,

Sounds like a couple of other social groups we both know and love. ;)
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