Hepatites B e C leva a disco acrescido de Parkinson

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4362086/Hepatitis-B-C-linked-risk-Parkinson-s-disease.html

Citando:
'Contracting hepatitis B or C may increase your risk of, Parkinson's disease
- People with hepatitis B were 76 percent more likely to develop the disease
- The study also found people with hepatitis C were 51 percent more likely
- It may be because the virus attacks the nervous system after it leaves the liver'

Nova doença genética descoberta...

... E pode ter papel em doenças degenerativas (Alzheimer, Parkinson e até o envelhecimento):
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/dementia-alzheimers-parkinsons-disease-genetic-condition-ageing-a7489111.html

Doença de Parkinson pode ser rastreada a flora intestinal

Mais descobertas relacionadas com a flora intestinal (neste caso é um estudo sobre a Doença de Parkinson em ratos):
http://time.com/4587498/parkinsons-disease-gut-bacteria/?xid=newsletter-brief


70% dos neurónios fora do cérebro estão no intestino (gut em Inglês).

O que é a DLB?

É mais um tipo de demência (que pode representar 15% dos casos e que por vezes é mal diagnosticada - como foi para este famoso actor):
http://metro.co.uk/2016/10/02/a-terrorist-inside-my-husbands-brain-robin-williams-wife-details-the-last-months-of-the-comedians-life-6165686/


Citando:
"Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is a type of dementia that shares symptoms with both Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.
It may account for 10-15 per cent of all cases of dementia.
DLB can be diagnosed wrongly and is often mistaken for Alzheimer’s disease.
Lewy bodies are the cause of DLB and Parkinson’s disease. They are two of several diseases caused by Lewy bodies that affect the brain and nervous system and get worse over time. These are sometimes called Lewy body disorders.
The way someone is affected by DLB will depend partly on where the Lewy bodies are in the brain:
Lewy bodies at the base of the brain are closely linked to problems with movement (motor symptoms). These are the main feature of Parkinson’s disease.
Lewy bodies in the outer layers of the brain are linked to problems with mental abilities (cognitive symptoms), which is a feature of DLB.
Symptons include problems with mental abilities, such as staring into space for a long time or periods when speech is disorganised; depression; day-to-day memory loss; hallucinations and delusions; movement problems; sleep disturbance; a loss of smell; urinary incontinence.
via alzheimers.org.uk"

Origem de Parkinson poderá ser diferente

... O que pode levar a novos medicamentos que atrasem (ou até revertam) a doença:


http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/parkinsons-disease-cure-breakthrough-leicester-university-a7098106.html
"(...) Leicester University researchers found most of the problem related to another part of the cell, called the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), they reported in the journal Cell Death and Disease.
In a study with fruit flies that had been genetically modified to develop Parkinson’s, the scientists managed to at least partially correct the problem so that the number of brain cells increased and the flies’ muscles remained healthy."

Estudo: Cerveja é bom!!!

Esta é a desculpa por que andávamos à espera.

Mais uma boa desculpa para termos a bela da "pança de cerveja" (ou não porque ao que parece tal é um mito)?

Dos benefícios (e mitos) da cerveja:

http://www.ptjornal.com/saude/2015/01/30/ha-um-composto-da-cerveja-que-evita-parkinson-e-alzheimer-garante-estudo.html

Digno de registo:
- 2 copos ao dia (homens, metade para as senhoras): 40cl (2 finos)
- OMS referirá que até 66cl (~2 latas) / d não tem efeitos prejudiciais
- xantohumol
- link para "pança mitológica" e para mais uns quantos estudos nos artigos relacionados