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Finding Answers to Frequently Asked Questions:          Item#   Rec length
 
  ARTICLES
 
Article on Information on Aging                         1425    281
Young Onset PD                                           681    129
Medicare/Medicaid...Congress wants your Home/Car        5970    104
Finding information in Parkinson Archives by E-mail     5967    563
Getting the Most out of the Parkinsn List               5767    244
Tai Chi Exercise Reduces Falling in the Elderly         2885     59
Wall Street Journal article on pallidotomy              1955    409
News on the Parkinson's Front                           3132    627
The Scientist: Brainstorms Abound At NIH's NINDS        3760    294
More: Physics and PD                                    3817    252
Drugs: From Compound to Pharmacy                        3909    177
What Parkinsonians Should Know About Social Security
  Disability Insurance                                  3665    369
Disability Eval. under Social Security PT 1             6024    359
Disability Eval. under Social Security PT 2             6025    741
Incontinence: What the Algorithm has to say, and More   4349    381
ADL and UPDRS Role in PD Treatment                      2917    486
Pallidotomies or Thalamotomy on an Outpatient Basis?    4807    190
Chinese Influences in Western Medicine                  4863    154
Can't Remember Your Name...How About Singing?           5485     82
RESTLESS LEGS, PART 1                                   5401    105
RESTLESS LEGS, PART 2                                   5402    112
RESTLESS LEGS, PART 3                                   5403     30
RESTLESS LEGS, PART 4                                   5404     45
Confusion , Cold Intolerance, Constipation...How i+     6121     33
Ability to regulate eating declines in elderly          6122     87
New Dystonic Tremor Case Study by list-member, T. Davis 6431     38
Young Onset PD                                           681    129
Informaton on Aging                                     1425    281
 
  WORLD-WIDE PARKINSONS CHATTING INFORMATION
 
Parkinsons Chat Room                                    6432    176
 
 
  PD HUMOR
 
Wednesday PD-humor By David Boots                       4507    120
HUMOR: Sinemet chain-letter                             6410     47
can't get it up (a twisted pair variation on an ol+     5708     41
Fred Turner                                             6353     33
 
 
  PALLIDOTOMY INFORMATION
 
How much improvement does pallidotomy give?              557    175
                                                         992    443
                                                        1137    653
                                                        1531     60
                                                        1539    218
                                                        1593    207
                                                        1699     58
                                                        1716    340
 
How longlasting is the positive effect of pallidotomy?   637     84
                                                         661     99
                                                         961    247
                                                        1571    163
                                                        1603    137
 
What is the background of Dr. Robert Iacano, the most
prolific pallidotomist?                                 1966     76
 
Money not withstanding, who are "Prime Candidates" for
 Pallidotomy?                                           2448    185
 
What should I look for when selecting a "Team" to
 do my pallidotomy?                                     2518    105
 
Which Doctors are doing Thalamotomy and Pallidotomy
 Procedures?                                            2513     92
                                                        2543     17
                                                        2468     20
  PALLIDOTOMY FOLLOW-UP STUDY
 
M. Dogali, E. Fazzini,E. Kolodny Pallidotomy Follow-up  2739    177
 
 
 
  STIMULATION, (PALLID AND THALAMIC) INFORMATION
 
           Clinical Trials in Progress
 
Thalamic Stimulation at Vanderbilt, Dr. Thomas Davis    4780     14
Breaking News, Dr. W.C. Koller/Busenbark Pallid STIM    5916    106
 
           Technical Details, Patient Selection
 
Thalamic Stimulation System                             4758    136
Thalamic Stimulation System (part 2)                    4804     91
Thalamic Stimulation System (part 3)                    4831     90
Deep Brain Stimulation References                       3430    294
Don Sandstrom's Thalmic Stimulation Experiences         5048     99
 
 
  CONTENTS OF CURRENT RESEARCH STUDIES
 
What is Parkinson's Disease and how is it treated?       2563   652
What is Essential Tremor (ET) and how is it treated?     2563   652
What is Shy-Drager Syndrome (SDS) and how is it
 treated?                                                2551   305
What is SupraNuclear Palsy (SNP) and how is it treated?  2553   289
What is Multiple System Atrophy (MSA)?                   2551   305
What is StriatoNigral Degeneration (SND) and how is it
 treated?                                                2551   305
What is OlivoPontoCerebellar Atrophy (OPCA) and how is   2552   310
 it treated?                                             2553   289
 
What is CorticoBasal Ganglionic Degeneration (CBGD) and
 how is it treated?                                      2551   305
What is Diffuse Lewy Body Disease (DLBD)?                2551   305
What symptoms may or may not be present in Parkinsonism
 Plus Syndromes? Table 3.                                2553   289
 
Adverse Reactions to Sinemet CR in the Elderly : Joseph  5965   522
Drug-Induced & Tardive Movement Disorders Gwen M. Vernon 4979   568
Tremor: by Marjorie M. Gillespie                         4980   522
Dose-response Relationship of Levodopa/Mood/Anxiety      6060    48
 
A Study of Hereditary Essential Tremor Bain et al.Pt 1   5649    32
A Study of Hereditary Essential Tremor Bain et al.Pt 2   5650   733
A Study of Hereditary Essential Tremor Bain et al.Pt 3   5651   705
A Study of Hereditary Essential Tremor Bain et al.Pt 4   5652   689
 
 
  DIET
 
Dietary Factors in the Management of Parkinson's Disease 3720   762
Re: Fava Beans!                                          3979    42
Re: FAVA BEANS                                           3984    58
Eating Fava Beans in Old San Francisco                   3985    30
Three Fava Bean Recipes                                  3986   129
Mailorder sources for Dry Fava Beans                     3987    75
Favism, Faba, Sinemet and Parkinson's                    4031   105
 
 
 
  PARKINSON'S PLUS DISEASE ETIOLOGY AND DIAGNOSIS
 
PD & PD+ Syndromes by Mark Stacy/J. Jankovic Part 1      2553   289
PD & PD+ Syndromes by Mark Stacy/J. Jankovic Part 2      2552   310
PD & PD+ Syndromes by Mark Stacy/J. Jankovic Part 3      2551   305
PD & PD+ Syndromes by Mark Stacy/J. Jankovic Part 4      2550   255
 
  RECOGNITION AND TREATMENT OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE
 
Recog/Treat of Early PD & Other Tremor Disorders by
  Mark Stacy/D. Brownlee                                  2563   652
 
  NEW MEDICINAL APPROACHES TO TREATING PARKINSON'S-STUDY
 
NADH--a new therapeutic approach to Parkinson's disease
  by Birkmayer JGD                                        3973   233
 
  CONTENTS OF ABSTRACTS IN THE ARCHIVE
 
What Is DHEA?                                             3957   282
What is Melatonin and How Is It Helpful?                  3958   140
NIH Grant to design and synthesize Co-factor of TH        3976    72
Vitamins E and C, Useful in Parkinson's?                  3394   247
Gastrointestinal Problems Encountered With PD             2369   132
Does It Take You a Little Longer to Think Now?            3542   136
Are Melonomas Activated by Carbidopa/Levodopa?            3543    33
Has Aluminum Been Implicated in PD?                       3544   583
Are Environmental Factors Implicated in PD?               3545   269
GM1, An Elixir of Life for a Damaged Dopamninergic+       3598   256
Cisapride References                                      3485   128
Deep Brain Stimulation References                         3430   294
A Relationship between Diabetes and PD?                   3593   111
fava beans and Mucuna pruriens Natural L-dopa in t+       4145   207
Cerebral Palsy with parkinsonian symptoms References      4405    78
Essential Tremor: Another use for GM-1 ganglioside?       4809    43
The 2 1/2 Hour Erection..How To..or..Not To               4862   477
Ganglioside GM1                                           1615   181
 
 
  RESOURCES
 
How do I make a Parkinson Alert ID Card which lists
the medications I take and drugs that can hurt me?        2498   133
 
Care-Giver Handbook 1/5                                   3125   444
Care-Giver Handbook 2/5                                   3126   454
Care-Giver Handbook 3/5                                   3127   462
Care-Giver Handbook 4/5                                   3128   447
Care-Giver Handbook 5/5                                   3129   460
 
Algorithm for Managing Parkinson's Disease 1/4            3268   633
Algorithm for Managing Parkinson's Disease 2/4            3269   545
Algorithm for Managing Parkinson's Disease 3/4            3271   506
Algorithm for Managing Parkinson's Disease 4/4            3270   477
 
Blue Glasses Tech Info                                    5098    91
 
 
 
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