Researchers at the National Public Health Institute in Helsinki followed 51,552 Finnish men and women for 18 years. All participants were aged between 25 to 74 years.

At the beginning of the study, none had any signs of Parkinson's disease. Lead researcher Dr. Gang Hu and colleagues said 600 cases of Parkinson's were diagnosed at the end of the study.

Those who developed the disease had twice the risk of having type 2 diabetes as well, the researchers reported. Type 2 diabetes is increasingly assuming massive proportions worldwide mainly because of the increasing rates of obesity and overweight.

Type 2 Diabetes brings with it complications like blindness, limb loss, heart disease as well as premature death. Parkinson's disease is a disease of the nervous system caused by the destruction of certain brain cells. Some 1 million people suffer from the condition in the United States.

The disease has been linked with exposure to pesticides, but this is the first time it is linked to type 2 diabetes directly. The Finnish researchers however said further investigations were needed before concluding the presence of any link.
 

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