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DR. REICH TO SPEAK AT 1:00 PM TUESDAY Stephen Reich, MD, Director of the Parkinson's Disease Clinic at Johns Hopkins University Hospital, will speak Tuesday, October 27, at 1:00 in the parlor at Asbury United Methodist Church, Camden Avenue at Dogwood Road [just south of the Salisbury State University campus, one block west of US-13]. Dr. Reich will tell us about the latest developments in Parkinson's disease medications available for general use and about some of the medications now in testing and trials but not yet FDA approved. He will also talk about the latest surgical trends and operations for Parkinson's. We are in a period of great change and advancement in the treatment of Parkinson's, but a cure has not been found. Sinemet, once thought of as the cure for Parkinson's, has been a lifesaver for most of us in that it usually makes our PD symptoms more tolerable and manageable. We are living longer, but after a few years finding the ideal Sinemet dose becomes difficult or impossible. Other medications are needed. Surgery was frequently used to treat Parkinson's in the pre-Sinemet years. Surgery regained its popularity in the 1990's with pallidotomy, thalamotomy, adrenal gland implant, human fetal brain tissue implant, porcine brain tissue implant, and deep brain stimulation, but now many think that the benefits of some surgery for some Parkinson's patients have been overvalued. Dr. Reich, as Director of the Parkinson's disease clinic in one of America's best hospitals, is in a position to see what treatment seems to do the best job for the different types of Parkinson's symptoms. There will be time for questions.