Subtle health changes may signal progressive supranuclear palsy years in advance

Drawing from UK Biobank data, Mass General Brigham researchers have uncovered specific health factors linked to higher or lower risk of developing progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), a rare but devastating neurological disease. Weige "Charlie" Zhao, MD, and Anne-Marie Wills, MD, MPH, of the Mass General Brigham Neuroscience Institute, are the lead and senior authors of a paper published in Movement Disorders, titled "Risk Factors for the Diagnosis of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy in the UK Biobank."