By Ethan Covey
Investigators have found a potential link between hepatitis B and C viruses and an increased risk for Parkinson’s disease.
According to the CDC, as many as 2.2 million people in the United States have HBV and 3.9 million have chronic HCV. Approximately 60,000 Americans are diagnosed with Parkinson’s each year.
To investigate potential links between existing diseases and the development of Parkinson’s, researchers conducted a retrospective cohort study analyzing