Ask the MD: Trust Your Gut When It Comes to Brain Health

Rachel Dolhun, MD, DipABLM, movement disorder specialist, lifestyle medicine physician and senior vice president of medical communications at The Michael J. Fox Foundation, speaks with gastroenterologist Wael El-Nachef, MD, PhD, about the gut and how its community of bacteria (microbiome) and nerve cells play a role in brain health and disease, like Parkinson’s.
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Thank you, so interesting

[@steveaird9347]

Maybe something everybody is eating is causing more cases of Parkinson's