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Epidemiology of Parkinson’s Disease Among Chinese Canadians in the Greater Toronto Area: A 15-Year Retrospective Study

Posted on October 14, 2025 by jmah

The article by Alfred W. Kwan and Joseph Y. Chu (WYK ’71) – Epidemiology of Parkinson’s Disease Among Chinese Canadians in the Greater Toronto Area: A 15-Year Retrospective Study, has now been published in Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques! You can view your article here.

Health of Heart and Brain

Posted on May 20, 2025 by jmah

A collection of videos related to Health of Heart and Brain shared by a group of professionals including Neurologist Dr. Joseph Chu (WYK ’71)

《Stroke amongst Chinese Canadians with Diabetes》 __ Joseph Chu (71)

Posted on June 4, 2017 by acyho

Here is a recently published article in the Canadian Journal of Diabetes by my student and me on the subject:JoesepChu_170523

Although it is a peer-reviewed scientific article, I trust the conclusions and recommendations are easy for non-medical people to understand.

It looks like that Chinese with stroke have a higher frequency of Diabetes and their prognosis fair worst even if their blood pressure severity is not as bad.