We know several people, who have developed Parkinson’s:
SF Bay area N, E and S.
Panhandle NW Texas and adjoining Oklahoma area.
West Coast of Floriduh and East Coast from Jacksonville to St. Augustine.
The only common factor is many had been put on a statin drug to lower their cholesterol. Most were in fairly good physical shape when they got this damn stuff.
The guys, who have stayed active physically seem to last longer re better health. Their wives approach is often being like Drill Sergeants to keep their husbands active.
Most with this damn disease are guys.
You have something there:
“The only common factor is many had been put on a statin drug to lower their cholesterol”.
A teaching Cardiologist put me on statins (starting with Mevacor) following a huge *Scandinavian study. A year later, he told me that statins also removed plaque from the brain’s vasculature.
* https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavian_Simvastatin_Survival_Study
My only gripe after 30 years of statin drugs (Atorvastatin) is the occasional nighttime leg cramp; however, I can sense its arrival and promptly straighten the affected leg fully.
(Being a light sleeper has its advantages).
;)