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Asthma Medicine Halves Risk of Parkinson’s

Asthma medicine has positive side effects, a study from the University of Bergen shows. Copyright: Colourbox

Asthma medicine has positive side effects, a study from the University of Bergen shows. Copyright: Colourbox

Using data gathered from 100 million Norwegian prescriptions, researchers have found that asthma medicine can halve a patient’s risk of developing Parkinson´s disease. Researchers at the Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (IGS) at the University of Bergen (UiB) have completed a large study that included data from the Norwegian Prescription Database, in cooperation with researchers at Harvard University.

“Our analysis of data from the whole Norwegian population has been decisive for the conclusion in this study,” says Professor Trond Riise at IGS. He leads the registery study in Norway...

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