Families of 13 Alzheimer's disease patients filed a class action law suit to order the government to approve the drug THA. Dr. William Summers of Arcadia was the first to report that THA was effective against Alzheimer's disease 5 years ago.
An experimental treatment for Alzheimer's Disease originally developed 5 years ago by Arcadia Dr. William K. Summers has been recommended to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The drug is called THA.
Clara Baldwin Stocker offers assisted living for people with Alzheimer's Disease. This ad describes services provided and accompanies an article on the same page. Photo.
Arcadia neurologist Vincent Fortanasce has written a book called "The Anti-Alzheimer's Prescription," which focuses on preventing or delaying the disease. 101-year-old Marshall Welles of Duarte was the inspiration for Fortanasce's book.
David Thornton, 24, who suffers from angio-dysplasia, a rare disease that affects the blood vessels, has founded the Thornton Kidney Research Foundation with the USC School of Medicine.
Dr. James Lin will be the King of Arcadia Methodist Hospital's Mardi Gras 2014. He has been chief of staff in 2013 and chair of the Medicine Department in 2006. See also Mountain Views News, p. 6, March 1, 2014.
EO Pharmacy, located at 315 First Ave, provides physical medicine such as acupuncture and herbal massage, as well as being a full time prescription pharmacy.
EO Pharmacy, located at 315 S. First Ave., provides physical medicine such as acupuncture and herbal massage, as well as being a full time prescription pharmacy.
A new program at Arcadia Methodist Hospital has been implemented to conserve blood and avoid transfusions whenever possible. It is called Bloodless Medicine Center.
Dr. Paul Johenk, 79, the retired chaplain and director of the department of religion and medicine at Methodist Hospital in Arcadia, has died of natural causes. Arcadia's Citizen of the Year in 1975 and member of numerous organizations, he is profiled.
Arcadia residents Lucia Jimenez and her father Byron are shown in a photo. Lucia is in remission from a disease called reflex sympathetic dystrophy, or RSD. Dana Gambill is raising awareness of RSD and runs a support group for disease sufferers in Pasadena.
At the request of the Medical Board of California, the license of Dr. Zhiwei Lin, an Arcadia-based neurologist, was temporarily suspended starting July 28, pending a determination of his fitness to practice medicine. He allegedly sold prescriptions for controlled substances, such as Vicodin, to an undercover federal agent.
Marijuana is the subject of this first article in a new weekly column on the problems of drugs and their effects. The articles are researched and prepared by Parent Alert.