People with Parkinsons should never stop taking levodopa without telling their doctor
GLP-1s Create an Opportunity to Permanently Reduce Addiction, at Scale Drug overdoses now cause more than twice as many annual deaths in the United States as HIV/AIDS caused at its peak in 1995 (109,000 vs 45,000)
Neither should replace the foundation of lifestyle measures such as nutrition, activity, and sleep
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Notably, antidiabetic drugs like metformin and incretin mimetics have shown beneficial effects in PD due to their neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory properties, their ability to restore insulin sensitivity, and their role in reducing neuronal susceptibility to toxic insults, as demonstrated in both preclinical and clinical studies
Legislation is under consideration in the following states in 2025: Arizona 39 California 40 Colorado (passed but not yet signed into law as of mid-May) 41 Connecticut 42 Florida 43 Iowa 44 Illinois 45 Indiana 46 Maryland 47 Minnesota 48 Montana 49 North Dakota 50 New Hampshire 51 New Jersey 52 New Mexico 53 Nevada 54 New York 55 Oregon 56 Rhode Island 57 Pennsylvania 58 Washington 59 West Virginia 60 Almost all of those bills were still in committee as of early April 2025, meaning they had not yet had a full floor vote in their chamber of origin
