US researchers found insufficient levels of vitamin D in 55 percent Parkinson’s patients, while these levels were 36 percent in healthy elderly people. Now the scientists are trying to know that the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease can be eased with vitamin D supplements.

The researchers from Emory University do not find yet whether vitamin D deficiency is a cause of developing Parkinson’s or not.

The study has been published in the journal Archives of Neurology.

Due to Parkinson’s nerve cells gets affected in many parts of the mind and especially in those parts that use dopamine (chemical messenger) to control movement. Read the rest of this entry