
13/07/2025
A new study from that explores golf course proximity and Parkinson's disease risk has been making headlines around the country.
The population-based, case-control study, led by Barrow researcher Brittany Krzyzanowski, PhD, and published in JAMA Network Open, found the greatest risk of within one to three miles of a golf course. Effect sizes were largest in water service areas with a golf course in vulnerable groundwater regions.
The associations remained even after the researchers adjusted for age and income, which suggests there could be something more than demographics driving the relationship between course proximity and risk of , Dr. Krzyzanowski explained.
"We speculate that pesticides might play a role," she told Fox News. "However, we didn’t include data on pesticides in this study, so future research is needed to better understand what’s going on."
Read the story in Fox News at https://bar.rw/golfcoursepd.