June 19, 2025

Benadryl (diphenhydramine) is a first-generation antihistamine with sedative and anticholinergic properties, primarily used to treat allergies and insomnia. Historically, it has also been utilized...

April 25, 2025

Cedars-Sinai Investigators Believe the Actions of Multiple Drugs That Control Inflammation and Other Disorders Could Be Behind This Effect, Say Further Research Is Needed In...

July 1, 2024

Using rasagiline (a Parkinson’s “rescue” drug) together with DULoxetine (commonly known as Cymbalta) is not recommended.  Combining these medications can increase the risk of a...

July 1, 2024

An older diabetes treatment called lixisenatide resulted in less progression of motor disability after 12 months in patients in an early stage of the...

July 31, 2023

Lacosamide, a medication approved to treat epilepsy, showed a potential to be neuroprotective in a rat model of Parkinson’s, a study reports. Treatment with lacosamide...

October 1, 2022

Nursing License Map A young man with a MRSA staph infection was facing the consequences of life without health insurance: a bill of more than...

December 29, 2021

In the Oct. 5, 2021, US World & News Report there is an in-depth and wonderful article entitled “17 Questions Doctors Wish Their Patients...

June 1, 2021

END OF LIFE OPTION ACT OF CALIFORNIA (EOLOA OF CA) Howard Cohen, CMD, HMDC California’s state law allowing terminally ill individuals to request medication from their...

May 1, 2021

UPDATE ON THE ROAD TO THE CURE Ram S. Bhatt, PhD., Chief Science Officer   Is there a Gender Difference in the Integrity of the Blood-Brain Barrier...

May 1, 2021

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT May is the month of Better Speech and Hearing, which we recognize in our article COMMUNICATION IS KEY AT ALL AGES. It...

April 1, 2021

A Message from the President With the Ides of March behind us, we look forward to PARKINSON’S AWARENESS MONTH, April. For those of us in...

April 1, 2021

BITS AND PIECES WHAT WORSENS PARKINSON'S DISEASE? Medication changes, infection, dehydration, sleep deprivation, recent surgery, stress, or other medical problems can worsen PD symptoms. Urinary tract...

April 1, 2021

WHEN YOUR MEDICATION IS NO LONGER WORKING WELL, THERE MAY BE ANOTHER OPTION Published with permission from Boston Scientific When 54-year-old Suzanne Friedman got diagnosed with...

April 30, 2019

In a small Italian town, hundreds of years ago, a small business owner owed a large sum of money to a loan shark. The...

April 30, 2019

An online survey circulated among physicians who treat Parkinson’s disease found that 80% of their patients had used cannabis to treat their symptoms. Furthermore,...