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  ARTICLES

New Study links Eldepryl/Deprynl With increased          62
 Mortality
Article on Information on Aging                         281
Young Onset PD                                          129
Medicare/Medicaid...Congress wants your Home/Car        104
Finding information in Parkinson Archives by E-mail     563
Getting the Most out of the Parkinsn List               244
Tai Chi Exercise Reduces Falling in the Elderly          59
Wall Street Journal article on pallidotomy              409
News on the Parkinson's Front                           627
The Scientist: Brainstorms Abound At NIH's NINDS         94
More: Physics and PD                                    252
Drugs: From Compound to Pharmacy                        177
What Parkinsonians Should Know About Social Security
  Disability Insurance                                  369
Disability Eval. under Social Security PT 1             359
Disability Eval. under Social Security PT 2             741
Incontinence: What the Algorithm has to say, and More   381
ADL and UPDRS Role in PD Treatment                      486
Pallidotomies or Thalamotomy on an Outpatient Basis?    190
Chinese Influences in Western Medicine                  154
Can't Remember Your Name...How About Singing?            82
RESTLESS LEGS, PART 1                                   105
RESTLESS LEGS, PART 2                                   112
RESTLESS LEGS, PART 3                                    30
RESTLESS LEGS, PART 4                                    45
Confusion , Cold Intolerance, Constipation...How i+      33
Ability to regulate eating declines in elderly           87
New Dystonic Tremor Case Study by list-member, T. Davis  38
Informaton on Aging                                     281
Mouse Gene May Lead To Clues by M.A.J. McKenna           96
Surgery and transplants show new promise: by Judy +     257
PALLIDOTOMY; A chance for a normal life by M.A.J. +     119
Listmember Quoted in Toronto Pallidotomy Article         89

  WORLD-WIDE PARKINSONS CHATTING INFORMATION

Parkinsons Chat Room                                    176
Parkinsons Chat Channel Update                          239
Getting from AOL to the Undernet Parkinsons channel      48

  PD HUMOR

Wednesday PD-humor By David Boots                       120
HUMOR: Sinemet chain-letter                              47
can't get it up (a twisted pair variation on an ol+      41
Fred Turner                                              33


  PALLIDOTOMY INFORMATION


  PALLIDOTOMY FOLLOW-UP STUDY

M. Dogali, E. Fazzini,E. Kolodny Pallidotomy Follow-up  177



  STIMULATION, (PALLID AND THALAMIC) INFORMATION

           STIM Clinical Trials in Progress

Thalamic Stimulation at Vanderbilt, Dr. Thomas Davis     14
Breaking News, Dr. W.C. Koller/Busenbark Pallid STIM    106

           Technical Details, Patient Selection

Thalamic Stimulation System                             136
Thalamic Stimulation System (part 2)                     91
Thalamic Stimulation System (part 3)                     90
Deep Brain Stimulation References                       294
Don Sandstrom's Thalmic Stimulation Experiences          99


  CONTENTS OF CURRENT RESEARCH STUDIES

What is Parkinson's Disease and how is it treated?       652
What is Essential Tremor (ET) and how is it treated?     652
What is Shy-Drager Syndrome (SDS) and how is it
 treated?                                                305
What is SupraNuclear Palsy (SNP) and how is it treated?  289
What is Multiple System Atrophy (MSA)?                   305
What is StriatoNigral Degeneration (SND) and how is it
 treated?                                                305
What is OlivoPontoCerebellar Atrophy (OPCA) and how is   310
 it treated?                                             289

What is CorticoBasal Ganglionic Degeneration (CBGD) and
 how is it treated?                                      305
What is Diffuse Lewy Body Disease (DLBD)?                305
What symptoms may or may not be present in Parkinsonism
 Plus Syndromes? Table 3.                                289

Adverse Reactions to Sinemet CR in the Elderly : Joseph  522
Drug-Induced & Tardive Movement Disorders Gwen M. Vernon 568
Tremor: by Marjorie M. Gillespie                         522
Dose-response Relationship of Levodopa/Mood/Anxiety       48

A Study of Hereditary Essential Tremor Bain et al.Pt 1    32
A Study of Hereditary Essential Tremor Bain et al.Pt 2   733
A Study of Hereditary Essential Tremor Bain et al.Pt 3   705
A Study of Hereditary Essential Tremor Bain et al.Pt 4   689


  DIET

Dietary Factors in the Management of Parkinson's Disease 762
Re: Fava Beans!                                           42
Re: FAVA BEANS                                            58
Eating Fava Beans in Old San Francisco                    30
Three Fava Bean Recipes                                  129
Mailorder sources for Dry Fava Beans                      75
Favism, Faba, Sinemet and Parkinson's                    105

  DRUG TRIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

NIH Study on Slowing or Stopping PD Progression          130
NINDS Studying Postmenopausal Estrogen Replacement+      157


  PARKINSON'S PLUS DISEASE ETIOLOGY AND DIAGNOSIS

PD & PD+ Syndromes by Mark Stacy/J. Jankovic Part 1      289
PD & PD+ Syndromes by Mark Stacy/J. Jankovic Part 2      310
PD & PD+ Syndromes by Mark Stacy/J. Jankovic Part 3      305
PD & PD+ Syndromes by Mark Stacy/J. Jankovic Part 4      255

  RECOGNITION AND TREATMENT OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE

Recog/Treat of Early PD & Other Tremor Disorders by
  Mark Stacy/D. Brownlee                                 652

  NEW MEDICINAL APPROACHES TO TREATING PARKINSON'S-STUDY

NADH--a new therapeutic approach to Parkinson's disease
  by Birkmayer JGD                                       233

  MEDICATIONS USED IN THE TREATMENT OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE

Medications in PD                                        424
Medications in PD - II                                   540
Quick PD Drug Glossary                                    99
Constipation Protocol                                    268
Corrections to Constipation protocol                      24

  CONTENTS OF ABSTRACTS IN THE ARCHIVE

What Is DHEA?                                            282
What is Melatonin and How Is It Helpful?                 140
NIH Grant to design and synthesize Co-factor of TH        72
Vitamins E and C, Useful in Parkinson's?                 247
Gastrointestinal Problems Encountered With PD            132
Does It Take You a Little Longer to Think Now?           136
Are Melonomas Activated by Carbidopa/Levodopa?            33
Has Aluminum Been Implicated in PD?                      583
Are Environmental Factors Implicated in PD?              269
GM1, An Elixir of Life for a Damaged Dopamninergic+      256
Cisapride References                                     128
Deep Brain Stimulation References                        294
A Relationship between Diabetes and PD?                  111
fava beans and Mucuna pruriens Natural L-dopa in t+      207
Cerebral Palsy with parkinsonian symptoms References      78
Essential Tremor: Another use for GM-1 ganglioside?       43
The 2 1/2 Hour Erection..How To..or..Not To              477
Ganglioside GM1                                          181


  RESOURCES

How do I make a Parkinson Alert ID Card which lists
the medications I take and drugs that can hurt me?       133

Care-Giver Handbook 1/5                                  444
Care-Giver Handbook 2/5                                  454
Care-Giver Handbook 3/5                                  462
Care-Giver Handbook 4/5                                  447
Care-Giver Handbook 5/5                                  460

Algorithm for Managing Parkinson's Disease 1/4           633
Algorithm for Managing Parkinson's Disease 2/4           545
Algorithm for Managing Parkinson's Disease 3/4           506
Algorithm for Managing Parkinson's Disease 4/4           477

Blue Glasses Tech Info                                    91

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DEJA VU? WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?

When the listserv program changed, March 27th, the archives while still being
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job language tools, and the gopher, went away like the hula hoop.

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Not being dismayed, Jim Laurent, an 'Honorary Parkinsonian' and myself wrote
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