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Originally Posted by Daffy Duck
Persistent famines, warfare, dire poverty, lawlessness, severe malnutrition, is what the Ethiopians have to deal with, yet Ethiopians have the world's LOWEST prevalence of Parkinson's Disease.
The lowest prevalence of Parkinson's Disease in Europe is amongst the Bulgarian Gypsies yet they have the greatest amount of stress to deal with due to their high crime rates, poverty, ill health, malnutrition, and grossly inadequate healthcare and social services.
So rather than stress being the cause of Parkinson's Disease, stress merely exacerbates Parkinson's Disease symptoms.
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remember that the average Ethiopian's life span is 40-odd years and I would guess that the gypsies have a shorter average life span too. Do you think that their incidence of PD would be more in line with the rest of the population if they lived longer??
I'd have to say ANY incidence of PD in these two groups would raise a red flag for me.
Charlie