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High blood pressure pill cuts risk of Parkinson's disease
02-06-2008 · EurekAlert!People taking a widely used group of drugs known as calcium channel blockers to treat high blood pressure also appear to be cutting their risk of Parkinson's disease, according to a study published in the Feb. 6, 2008, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
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