Parkinson’s runs in the family of this former Pirates slugger 3


Does Parkinson’s run in families? Unfortunately, Dave Parker’s sister is battling a more advanced stage of the disease.

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      annette Post author

      Hi Janet, there does seem to be heritable risk for certain types of Parkinson’s disease. But this appears to be the minority of cases. I’m not sure if Dave Parker and his sister share some genetic factor which increased their risk, or if they shared an environmental factor. These are the kinds of questions being addressed in current research.

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    Mario

    I have been diagnosed chronic myeloid lukemia
    and Parkinson’s Disease they treating both with the cancer drug tansigna 300 mg per day….. is there anyone with the same combination?

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