Parkinson Disease

Estrogen May Provide Protection, Researchers Say

Published in Women's Health Weekly, October 18th, 2001

Mayo Clinic researchers have found that women who underwent hysterectomy had a threefold increased risk of developing Parkinson disease and that women who received estrogen after menopause had a 50% reduced risk of developing Parkinson disease.

"Our findings imply that early loss of estrogen may increase a patient's risk of developing Parkinson disease," says Demetrius Maraganore, MD, a Mayo Clinic neurologist and one of the study's authors. "Our belief is that estrogen may play a role in preventing Parkinson disease."

The study was published in the September 2001 edition of Movement Disorders and involved the review of medical records of 72...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2001-10-18)

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