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Daniel Keane

Anxiety doubles risk of developing Parkinson's, study finds

People who suffer from anxiety are twice as likely to develop Parkinson’s disease, according to a study.

Researchers at University College London (UCL) analysed primary care data from 109,435 patients who developed anxiety after the age of 50 and compared them to 878,256 patients who did not have anxiety between 2008 and 2018.

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