Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021 : Issue #1107 DISASTERS AVERTED — Near Miss Case Studies
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Letter from the Editor
 The number of people who are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease increases every year. 10 years ago there were less than 300,000 diagnosed cases in the US, and now the number is just over 1 million, with about 60,000 -70,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Currently about 1% of the over 60 population is diagnosed, and in patients over 85 that number jumps to 5%. We have medications to treat the symptoms, but slowing the progression of the disease is not something we do very well. Now a retrospective review of patients taking two different diabetes drugs shows a real and measurable decrease in onset and severity of the disease.
Arjay Mendoza, PharmD Candidate, University of Colorado School of Pharmacy, in this week's Laterpay article brings us information on a new study going on in the United Kingdom, that looks at the use of a GLP-1 agonist in non-diabetes patients to reduce the onset of Parkinson's.
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Dave Joffe
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