September 17, 2020
Transient Orthostatic Hypotension Common in Parkinson Disease
THURSDAY, Sept. 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Transient orthostatic hypotension (tOH) is common in Parkinson disease (PD), according to a study published online Sept. 16 in Neurology. Alessandra Fanciulli, M.D., Ph.D., from the Medical University of Innsbruck in Austria, and colleagues conducted a retrospective study involving 173 patients with PD and 173 age- and gender-matched...
Novel Risk, Protective Factors for Type 2 Diabetes Identified
THURSDAY, Sept. 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Insomnia may be a risk factor for type 2 diabetes, according to a study published online Sept. 8 in Diabetologia. Shuai Yuan and Susanna C. Larsson, both from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, conducted a systematic review to identify causal risk factors for type 2 diabetes. The Mendelian...