PD tremors linked to diabetes severity.

• Position: Parkinson's Disease - Brief article

A correlation exists between diabetes severity and parkinsonism, or parkinsonian tremors, according to research at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Higher parkinsonian scores were associated with greater diabetes severity, older age, African-American race, and a past history of arthritis. Further analysis showed diabetes severity remained significantly associated with higher parkinsonian sign scores.

"Our study was based on emerging evidence that the presence of diabetes may increase the risk of both Parkinson's disease and specific motor features in parkinsonism," says Nabila Dahodwala, assistant professor of neurology at the School of Medicine and...