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How a Tropical Bean Could Help Treat Parkinson’s Tremors (UF News)

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A major challenge with Parkinson’s disease is managing tremors. Typically, one way they are treated is by taking medications that increase dopamine.

But what if instead, the prescription could be a plate of beans?

That’s what researchers at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) want to test in a newly funded study looking into the effect of velvet beans as a treatment for symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.

 

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