Even a Mild Head Injury Increases Your Risk for Parkinson’s Disease

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By Dr. Mercola

By Dr. Mercola

According to some estimates, as many as 90 percent of the population have experienced some form of traumatic brain injury (TBI), be it from a car accident, slip and fall incident or simply hitting your head on a cabinet. Unfortunately, most go undiagnosed and untreated, and the accumulation of low-grade concussions over time has been shown to raise your risk for neurological dysfunction later in life. This includes not only Alzheimer’s but also Parkinson’s disease.1,2

Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder in which neurons in dopamine-producing cells within a region of your brain known …read more

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