The Alarming Rise in Parkinson’s Disease with Dr. Ray Dorsey | The Empowering Neurologist EP. 167

Welcome one and all to another enlightening episode of The Empowering Neurologist. Joining us is Dr. Ray Dorsey, Professor of Neurology at the University of Rochester, a stalwart advocate for Parkinson's disease, and a renowned researcher in the field. With a profound belief in the power of awareness and knowledge, Dr. Dorsey dedicates his life to a cause that is impacting millions globally. He stands at the forefront of the fight against Parkinson's disease, a fight that is becoming increasingly critical as we see a staggering rise in the incidence of this condition.

Dr. Dorsey is not just an accomplished physician but also an engaging author. His groundbreaking book, Ending Parkinson’s Disease, is a critical exploration that sheds light on this global health crisis. It offers an enlightening perspective on Parkinson's disease and, so importantly as we discuss in this episode, its modifiable risk factors, raising consciousness and hope about this life-altering condition.

His book is an earnest appeal to policymakers, researchers, physicians, and the general public to recognize the escalating crisis and join the battle to end Parkinson's. It also serves as a testament to his belief in our collective ability to mitigate this crisis, beginning with understanding the risk factors that we can change.

We delve into the comprehensive world of Ending Parkinson’s Disease, discuss the modifiable risk factors, and explore ways to curb the skyrocketing incidences of Parkinson's. It is our shared responsibility, and understanding is the first step.

So, please enjoy this fascinating interview.

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Timestamps

0:00 Intro
0:50 Rise in Parkinson’s
3:20 MPTP
8:10 Trichloroethylene (TCE)
13:14 Call to Action
16:19 Prevention of Parkinson’s
32:00 Caffeine and Smoking
37:25 Head Trauma
39:27 Conclusion

Dr. Ray Dorsey is the David M. Levy Professor of Neurology at the University of Rochester.  Ray is working to identify and eliminate the root causes of Parkinson’s disease.  His research on brain diseases and digital health has been published in leading academic journals and featured in multiple news outlets.  In 2020, Ray and his colleagues wrote Ending Parkinson’s Disease, a book that provides a prescription for ending the world’s fastest growing brain disease.

Ray previously directed the movement disorders division and neurology telemedicine at Johns Hopkins and worked as a consultant for McKinsey & Company. In 2015, the White House recognized him as a “Champion for Change” for Parkinson’s disease.

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[luckyu]

People always pick on me for being sensitive to chemical smells, it's called self preservation.

[christinecollins]

I am an OB GYN and I have been telling my patients about RoundUp for over 15 years. Informed them of Dr. Seneff's research from MIT. Discussed the link to ALS, Parkinson's and cancers. Too bad that Monsanto has corrupted the FDA.

[SoberOKMoments]

I've had to move four times to get away from toxic chemicals being sprayed in our environment - once from rural Georgia (nearby crops included peanuts, cotton and soy - sprayed year round), twice in Florida (roadside weed control one place, orange orchards the other) - moved overseas to escape and had to leave England after rape crops and wheat were sprayed with something that caused me to have hand tremors and the inability to lift my legs into bed without using my hands. I now live in the very rural mountains of northern Portugal where I grow my food organically and appreciate a countryside still filled with bees. This continued spraying of our planet is beyond dangerous. I've done a ton of research on it and seldom get off my soapbox about it now. Scary stuff being sprayed on crops, golf courses and even school yards.

[raymondcarter]

I had confirmed Parkinson’s for three years . Three consultants diagnosed it, I saw a new doctor who sent me for a radiology brain scan, SHOCK HORROR . On the next consultation, test results—— you don’t have any signs of Parkinson’s, you have drug induced Parkinson’s, i had been Depokote ( sodium valproate) for Manic depression, i stopped drug immediately, after three years of being unable to walk, shaking, brain fog, i am perhaps the only person in UK ever cured OF Parkinson’s, after two years still clear 15:48

[mam]

I use to work in a retirement community in Santa Barbara, CA. One of the residents was a very wealthy retired man that was always dressed to the hilt. His clothes were sent out to be either dry cleaned, or washed and starched. Every one thought of this man was the epitome of class. Unfortunately, he had Parkinsons. I knew another couple that both had Parkinsons in their 70's. They discovered that their home had been built over a chemical land fill in northern California. Thank you, for bringing this information to light. These chemicals are destroying our lives and need to be banned.

[wendydarling]

My mom had Parkinson's for 20+ years. She was convinced she poisoned herself from flea bombs and flea powder for the dog. I avoid ALL pesticides.

[deirdrewalsh]

People should heed their instincts.
If it smells bad to you get away.
If it tastes bad don’t eat it.
If you feel uncomfortable with someone get away.
We know more than we think.🇦🇺

[wolfseinfein]

I was a Military Police officer in the Army, we always had to have our Uniforms Dry cleaned and pressed especially when on Garrison Duty or whenever we weren't in the Field training. Between that and the fact the Ft. McClellan Alabama was where the Army Chemical School was located and also a storage facility for post Vietnam Chemical and Biological warfare agents like Agent Orange and that the water and soil were polluted also by the close by Monsanto plant no wonder so many of us who served on Ft McClellan now suffer from Parkinson's Disease and other ailments

[juliedeed]

My Dad had Parkinsons for 25 years before he died in his mid sixties. He was diagnosed at age 38 after losing his sense of smell and then developing a small tremor in his right index finger. Our family are convinced his Parkinsons was caused by some kind of metal poisoning. He was an electronics engineer, and from around the age of 14 would tinker with any type of gadget. One of my childhood memories is of me going to talk to him in his garage and finding him bent over the soldering iron working away. He spent many hours of every day doing this, without a mask, breathing in the fumes from the soldering iron. In those day we didn't know the danger of breathing metals and other chemicals in. I am convinced this is what caused his Parkinsons.

[milliesecond]

I am a Parkinson's specialized occupational therapist and most of my patients were exposed to pesticides used in farming, some from multiple concussions, which I also treat. I never gave dry cleaning chemicals a thought. My clinic (now closed) was a VA Choice facility, so I've seen a variety of strange neurological conditions and complicated disorders.
My whole-person treatment model includes nutrition. My patients are always surprised about the nutrition component of Parkinson's because allopathic medicine is not about treating the cause, it's about promoting big pharma which is toxic too. Our military should know better and be held accountable for crimes against humanity and TREASON!
Edit: Thank you, Dr. Permitted and for doctors like your guest, we need more doctors like you!❤

[DontStepInTheGrease]

My father, a chemist, told me, when I was a teenager, never to work at a dry cleaner

[ruth-nzqz]

My bus stop is right outside a dry cleaner. I always feel sick after standing there. I will now walk to the next stop.

[jamiegibson]

My dad worked in a tire factory for 42 years breathing petrochemical fumes. Later he also suffered two falls which left him with a head injury and spinal injury. I always believed working eight hours or more five or six days a week in those fumes was the cause of his Parkinson's. The falls didn't help. Many of his friends also suffered the same fate. The end of his life was a living hell. Hallucinations were horrible. I can still close my eyes and remember how his jacket smelled when I would hug him when he got home from work.

[franhar]

Thank you both Dr Perlmutter, and Dr. Dorsey for helping us all! We desperately need doctors who care like you both do.

[robertelwell]

As one who watched his beloved go down hill for 35 years after ten years of drinking TCE laced water next to the Cash Oil super fund site in Plaistow, NH, it is indeed a God-send to watch this video and know there is hope that many in the future might be spared the horror of this disease. You are restoring my almost-lost faith in modern medicine (after the COVID insanity). Keep on keeping on docs!!!

[flossypark]

Fire retardant is also carcinogenic! 
My sister died from secondary breast cancer, all her friends who worked in soft furnishing (which the law changed to be fire retardant) developed breast cancer, coincidence?
Fire retardant is in everything!

[tomlewis]

explains why I had constant nose bleeds when I worked as a maintenance tech. At a printing Plant. They used Perchloroethylene, TCE, and different Blends for the solvent based inks. With Acetone, and other Alcohols. It was always a mystery. And none of the Doctors I saw ever made the connection. I used to watch in horror, as workers would clean with these chemicals with no gloves. I told them of the training I had from other companies, and that the capillaries in your fingers would absorb the chemicals directly into your blood stream. And that they must wear gloves, but they would not listen to me. I left that company many years ago, But I can still remember them cleaning ink pans in large tanks of solvent. With no gloves, up to their elbows everyday. All I could do was shake my head. There was no one to hold them accountable. What you don't hurt you.

[ClipheApex]

A friend of mine lived in a caravan on an apple farm. The whole place got sprayed every 2 weeks year-round. They told everyone to just keep the windows shut when the plane was spraying. I hadn't seen him for about 18 months but in that short period of time he had turned from a healthy strong man to a shaking wreck with nerve damage. A year after that he was riddled with cancer and died last year.

[deedeemccall]

my dad was diagnosed at 65 of Parkinson's diseased he died at 72 years. he was a car mechanic, he very often transferred petrol from one car to the other using mouth to suction with a hose pipe. we suspected that the toxins from petrol could have damaged the brain because he did that a lot. he was suffering but I believe he is now in peace.

[sufyb]

My husband has been recently diagnosed with Parkinson's. He had the shingles shot, and shortly after developed a tremor in his left little finger. It just got worse from there. Sometimes the contaminants are not what you expect. Crimes against humanity. I watch him suffer every day struggling just getting dressed and getting around, and it's heartbreaking to know that if he had chosen not to have those shots like me, he would probably not be in this circumstance. Our whole lives have been changed.