Drug May Cut Parkinson’s Risk

In a study, people who took one type of drug to lower blood pressure also were less likely to develop Parkinson’s disease. The study involved more than 7,000 people age 40 and older. Nearly half took blood pressure medicine. People who took a type of drug called a calcium channel blocker had a 23% lower risk of Parkinson’s disease. More research is needed to explain why. Other types of blood pressure drugs did not appear to affect the risk. The study appeared February 6 in the journal Neurology.