 A new reason to get that anxiety under control. I'm Cooper Lawrence, health and wellness expert, and this is All Well and Good. A recent CDC survey found that 32% of women and 25% of men have some kind of anxiety disorder. While medication and therapy has anxiety under control, a new study found unexpected links to Parkinson's disease. A British study found that people with anxiety were twice as likely to develop Parkinson's, especially in people over 50 who were recently diagnosed.