People who regularly take over-the-counter pain relievers like Motrin or Advil may be warding off
Parkinson’s disease. In a UCLA
study of 579 people, 55 percent of those who rarely or never took nonaspirin NSAIDs got the decease, but just 37 percent of those who took two or more pills every week for a month or more developed
Parkinson’s. “NSAIDs keep i
n inflammatory agents from nibbling away
at brain cell,” says researcher Beate Ritz. While she doesn’t suggest
taking them just to reduce your risk, this news should give you a peace of mind the next time you pop a pill to ease your aching back