GLP-1 meds slow progression of Parkinson’s

Dear Doctors: I have Parkinson’s disease. I was diagnosed 10 months ago, and it is already affecting my ability to walk and to use my hands. My husband recently read that there’s a diabetes drug that can slow down the symptoms. Do you know anything about that?

Dear Reader: Your husband is referring to the results of a clinical trial that were published earlier this year in the New England Journal o…