Parkinson’s News Today (11/1, Shapiro) reports, “Engaging in regular physical activity before and after being diagnosed with depression can lower a person’s risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, while stopping to exercise increases that risk, a large study that followed patients in South Korea for about five years” found. But, investigators found that “becoming more active only after a depressive disorder diagnosis…had no effect on Parkinson’s risk.” The findings were published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research.
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— “Regular exercise with depression can lower person’s risk of Parkinson’s,” Lindsey Shapiro, PhD, Parkinson’s News Today, November 1, 2023