Parkinson's
May 30 2007, Anupam Agnihotri

Pesticides that we use to kill pests are actually; conspiring against us, by increasing our susceptibility to paralyzing disease Parkinson’s, up to 40 per cent. A new study, which is stated to be first of its kind, came out heralding this stunning..

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Sharon Pederson poses for a photograph with Kellen, her Norwegian lundehund dog, at a friend’s house in Petaluma, Calif., Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. Pederson is a study subject who got deep brain stimulation, or DBS, surgery for her Parkinson’s disease. In...