Researchers caution milk drinking men

08/04/05 Researchers from the Korean University comment that drinking a glass or two of milk every day could increase the risk of Parkinson's disease in middle-aged men, but the apparent link is unlikely to be due to milk's main nutritional ingredient, calcium.

Parkinson's, a degenerative disease of the nervous system, is associated with trembling of the arms and legs, stiffness and rigidity of the muscles and slowness of movement, and previous research has also suggested a link between high consumption of dairy products and a raised risk of Parkinson's in men - but not women.