hi all

At 22:11 2001/04/02 -0700, Murray Charters wrote:
>Clinic focuses on Parkinson's research
>Tuesday, April 3, 2001
>By Tom Corwin Staff Writer
>
>For Jeana Bartlett, the new clinic at Medical College of Georgia
>Hospital is a place to address all of the ways Parkinson's disease
>affects her life and the life of her caregiver and husband, Richard.
>
>For doctors and researchers at MCG, it is a chance to share
>information across disciplines and give patients access to
>cutting-edge treatment.
>
>That could mean everything from deciphering how toxins such
>as pesticides might be causing Parkinson's or offering patients
>the latest in experimental drugs that might prevent the disease.
>
>The MCG Movement Disorders Clinic, scheduled to open in May,
>is one of 62 centers of excellence worldwide that are recognized
>by the National Parkinson's Foundation.
>
>On Monday, the foundation's chairman of the board, Nathan Slewitt,
>came to view the clinic. The foundation provides some funding for
>the clinic, such as helping pay a portion of nurse clinician Joan
>Carpenter's salary.
>
>``You'll play a powerful role in finding the cause and cure for
>Parkinson's,'' Mr. Slewitt told clinicians and patients Monday.
>
>Getting the designation from the foundation, and the prominent
>recognition of physicians in the Department of Neurology, was
>part of the reason MCG Health Inc. chose to make neurosciences
>its first center of excellence, said Don Snell, president and chief
>executive of MCG Health.
>
>The designation and the backing from administration has allowed
>MCG to expand what it can  offer in basic research and clinical
>research trials, said the clinic director, Kapil D. Sethi, a neurologist
>at MCG.
>
>The clinic ``treats patients as whole unit, patients and their
>caregivers,'' Dr. Sethi said. ``These are very exciting times.''
>
>Although MCG has always been involved in later-stage drug
>trials, the clinic is now involved in earlier drug trials that could
>offer an earlier chance at a promising therapy, Dr. Sethi said.
>For instance, two of the study drugs target proteins involved
>in the cell death of neurons, potentially protecting and preserving
>them, Dr. Sethi said.
>
>``The next big step is going to be slowing down the disease,''
>Dr. Sethi said.
>
>Others, such as neurotoxicologist Debra Gearhart at MCG, are
>looking at toxins as a potential cause of the disease. A contaminant
>of illegal drugs called MPTP attracted the attention of researchers
>because it caused symptoms similar to Parkinson's in its users, Dr.
>Gearhart said. The compound becomes something called MPP-plus
>in the brain and might lead to increased oxidative stress to the
>neurons, leading to damage or death, Dr. Gearhart said. She would
>like to test Parkinson's patients for levels of the toxin in their blood,
>and the clinic gives her a chance to do that, she said.
>
>For Mrs. Bartlett, it is a place to get assessed by Dr. Sethi,  and also
>physical and occupational therapy.
>
>``I'm very excited,'' she said.
>
>For more information on studies at the MCG Movement Disorders
>Clinic, or for information on area support groups, call (706) 721-9445.
>
>The CSRA Parkinson's Support Group meets the fourth Tuesday of
>every month at 6 p.m. at St. John Towers, 724 Greene St. The Aiken
>area group meets the third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at Aiken
>Area Council on Aging, 159 Morgan St. N.W.
>
>Reach Tom Corwin at (706) 823-3213.
>
>http://augustachronicle.com/stories/040301/tec_071-6109.000.shtml

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