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In the article //Depression may increase your risk of Parkinson’s disease// study author Albert C. Yang, MD, PhD, with Taipei Veterans General Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan made a conclusion that he thought depression was a main factor, one of the main reason that Parkinson Disease appears in people. It is also said to be believed that depression also causes, triggers cancer or stroke. In the study researchers studied the medical records of 4,634 people with depression and 18,544 free of depression over 10 year time period.They also looked at the risk of Parkinson's disease after excluding people who were diagnosed with Parkinson's disease within two or five years following their depression diagnosis, The result showed during the 10 year period that there were 66 people with the depression and 97 without the depression and 52 percent of the people were diagnosed with Parkinson Disease. All in all it showed that people with the depression are three times more likely to end up with the disease compared to people who did not have depression. In my personal experience I seen people with the disease and have notice that the people are showing signs of depression so in my belief I feel that could be accurate the results and it could be an early sign to lead to the disease.

References: American Academy of Neurology (AAN). "Depression may increase your risk of Parkinson’s disease." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 2 October 2013. .

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