Mapping the Parkinson's pandemic: Unveiling and addressing the global burden
Ali Shalash, Artur Francisco Schumacher-Schuh, Mohamed Salama, Alastair Noyce, Uyen Le Ngoc Ha, Louis Chew Seng Tan, Caroline M Tanner · 2026
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Ali Shalash and colleagues map what they call the Parkinson pandemic, charting the disease's growth across every world region. Parkinson's is now the fastest-growing neurological disorder, with prevalence more than doubling between 1990 and 2015. Their 2026 narrative review sets out why the burden climbs, why it climbs unevenly, and what coordinated action could blunt it.
Aging populations and longer lives drive much of the rise. Industrial exposures join in places: pesticides, air pollution, and heavy metals. Even falling smoking rates play a part, since smoking oddly tracks with lower risk. Regions differ in genes, lifestyles, city growth, and, above all, in access to diagnosis, medicines, and specialist care. The authors argue for tailored regional strategies not one global script: chase local drivers, raise awareness, diagnose earlier, guarantee drug supplies, support caregivers, and curb toxic exposures. Framing the growth as a pandemic is deliberate, a call for planning and funding.
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| CREATOR | Ali Shalash, Artur Francisco Schumacher-Schuh, Mohamed Salama, Alastair Noyce, Uyen Le Ngoc Ha, Louis Chew Seng Tan, Caroline M Tanner |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 46900 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |