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At 12:36 AM 1/7/97 -0500, you wrote:
>My name is Lee, and I am new to this list.  I am 33, live in Seattle, and am a fundraiser for the Northwest AIDS Foundation.  My mother was diagnosed with PD after a trip to Mayo and a couple of years of unanswered questions.  At one point, she was diagnosed with PSP.
>

Lee, a good place to start is the archives....attached are directions to get specific articles.


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THIS IS THE REVISED CURRENT PARKINSON'S TOPICS BY E-MAIL MESSAGE.
DISCARD EARLIER POSTINGS BY THE SAME NAME.

Current Parkinson's Topics by E-Mail

Welcome new subscribers and those who have found the address to the
Parkinsn Archives through out the World Wide Web!

Two services are available at [log in to unmask] One is the ability to
request a search for information. Another service is the availability
of this message, which catagorizes messages that have previously posted
to the Parkinsn list and now reside in the archives. These messages
may be ordered.

For those not acquainted with the Parkinsn list, it is a e-mailing list
of Parkinson's patients, care-givers, family members, neurologists,
psychologists, family practice doctors, and manufacturer representatives
that represent the pharmaceutical industry and equipment manufacturers.
We currently have about 1400 members in 34 countries around the world.
The language of the list is English.

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in the rest of this message. This is a public service.


Everything ever discussed on the Parkinsn list is in our archives.
Periodically, a message called, "New Parkinsn Archives Information
by E-mail" is posted on the Parkinsn list.

"New Parkinsn Archives Information by E-mail" gives instructions on
the kinds of searches available, examples, and information on how to
request them.

Many of you have learned about the Parkinsn list from friends
or reading the Wall Street Journal and New York Times articles about
pallidotomy.  This message gives answers on how to directly use the
Parkinsn archives and get information NOW while you are "coming up
to speed".


MSG      Finding Answers to Frequently Asked Questions:
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                       ARTICLES

001 New Study links Eldepryl/Deprenyl With increased Mortality

This study from the UK raises some controversial questions on how often
Parkinson's patients die from long term Eldepryl/Sinemet treatment.

002 Article on Information on Aging

This article was posted posted by Alan Bonander, ELDER CARE: THEY'RE AGING,
AND YOU'RE WORRYING  8/26/94 When children grow up, and parents grow old
Published: Aug. 22, 1994 By KATHLEEN DONNELLY Mercury News Staff Writer

If someone you know and love needs help, this article will give you a
starting point to look for social agencies that help the elderly.

003 Young Onset PD

This article was posted by Alan Bonander entitled: THE YOUNG
PARKINSON'S PATIENT By Erwin B.  Montgomery, Jr., MD

This article appeared in the Parkinson News & View, Southern
Arizona Chapter APDA, June / July 1994.  It is reprinted with
their permission.

Young onset Parkinson's patients and caregivers need to read
this article.

004 Medicare/Medicaid...Congress wants your Home/Car

Article posted by John Cottingham. An editorial by Christopher
Matthews from the San Francisco Examiner on attempts in Congress
to take the cars and homes of those family's with serious illness.

005 Tai Chi Exercise Reduces Falling in the Elderly

Newspaper article posted by John Cottingham, Tai Chi Keeps the
Doctor Away, Research Says / Chinese exercise helped elderly keep
from falling by Paul Recer

006 Wall Street Journal article on pallidotomy

Margaret Monty's posting of David Stipp's article in The Wall
Street Journal entitled Hope From a Knife-----Surgery for Parkinson's
Brings Success Stories In Face of Skepticism

007 News on the Parkinson's Front

Several articles compiled into one message...interesting reading.

008 The Scientist: Brainstorms Abound At NIH's NINDS

An article from The Scientist magazine outlining where research is
going at NINDS.

009 More: Physics and PD


010 Drugs: From Compound to Pharmacy
011 What Parkinsonians Should Know About Social Security Disability
Insurance
012 Disability Evaluation under Social Security
013 Incontinence: What the Algorithm has to say, and More
014 ADL and UPDRS Role in PD Treatment
015 Pallidotomies or Thalamotomy on an Outpatient Basis?
016 Chinese Influences in Western Medicine
017 Can't Remember Your Name...How About Singing?
018 RESTLESS LEGS
019 Confusion , Cold Intolerance, Constipation...How i+
020 Ability to regulate eating declines in elderly
021 New Dystonic Tremor Case Study by list-member, T. Davis
022 Mouse Gene May Lead To Clues by M.A.J. McKenna
023 Surgery and transplants show new promise: by Judy +
024 PALLIDOTOMY; A chance for a normal life by M.A.J. +
025 Listmember Quoted in Toronto Pallidotomy Article
026 Parkinson's Abstracts presented at AAN Convention 1995

        WORLD-WIDE PARKINSONS CHATTING INFORMATION

050 Parkinsons Chat Room
051 Getting from AOL to the Undernet Parkinsons channel

          PD HUMOR

060 Wednesday PD-humor By David Boots
061 HUMOR: Sinemet chain-letter
062 can't get it up (a twisted pair variation on an ol+
063 Fred Turner, Funny Glossary of Medical Terms


          PALLIDOTOMY INFORMATION


         PALLIDOTOMY FOLLOW-UP STUDY

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



       STIMULATION, (PALLID AND THALAMIC) INFORMATION

           STIM Clinical Trials in Progress

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

           Technical Details, Patient Selection

085 Thalamic Stimulation System
086 Deep Brain Stimulation References
087 Don Sandstrom's Thalmic Stimulation Experiences


        CONTENTS OF CURRENT RESEARCH STUDIES

090 What is Parkinson's Disease and how is it treated?
090 What is Essential Tremor (ET) and how is it treated?

           The following questions are answered in 0091

091 What is Shy-Drager Syndrome (SDS) and how is it treated?
091 What is SupraNuclear Palsy (SNP) and how is it treated?
091 What is Multiple System Atrophy (MSA)?
091 What is StriatoNigral Degeneration (SND) and how is it treated?
091 What is OlivoPontoCerebellar Atrophy (OPCA) and how is it treated?
091 What is CorticoBasal Ganglionic Degeneration (CBGD) and how is it treated?
091 What is Diffuse Lewy Body Disease (DLBD)?
091 What symptoms may or may not be present in Parkinsonism Plus Syndromes?
    Table 3.

092 Adverse Reactions to Sinemet CR in the Elderly : Joseph
093 Drug-Induced & Tardive Movement Disorders Gwen M. Vernon
094 Tremor: by Marjorie M. Gillespie
095 Dose-response Relationship of Levodopa/Mood/Anxiety
096 A Study of Hereditary Essential Tremor Bain et al.

            DIET

097 Dietary Factors in the Management of Parkinson's Disease
098 Re: Fava Beans!
099 Eating Fava Beans in Old San Francisco
100 Three Fava Bean Recipes
101 Mailorder sources for Dry Fava Beans
102 Favism, Faba, Sinemet and Parkinson's

            DRUG TRIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

103 NIH Study on Slowing or Stopping PD Progression
104 NINDS Studying Postmenopausal Estrogen Replacement+


           PARKINSON'S PLUS DISEASE ETIOLOGY AND DIAGNOSIS

091 PD & PD+ Syndromes by Mark Stacy/J. Jankovic

          RECOGNITION AND TREATMENT OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE

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

        NEW MEDICINAL APPROACHES TO TREATING PARKINSON'S-STUDY

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

       MEDICATIONS USED IN THE TREATMENT OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE

105 Medications in PD
106 Quick PD Drug Glossary
108 Constipation Protocol
109 Corrections to Constipation protocol

       CONTENTS OF ABSTRACTS IN THE ARCHIVE

200 What Is DHEA?
201 What is Melatonin and How Is It Helpful?
202 NIH Grant to design and synthesize Co-factor of TH
203 Vitamins E and C, Useful in Parkinson's?
204 Gastrointestinal Problems Encountered With PD
205 Does It Take You a Little Longer to Think Now?
206 Are Melonomas Activated by Carbidopa/Levodopa?
207 Has Aluminum Been Implicated in PD?
208 Are Environmental Factors Implicated in PD?
209 GM1, An Elixir of Life for a Damaged Dopamninergic+
210 Cisapride References
086 Deep Brain Stimulation References
211 A Relationship between Diabetes and PD?
212 fava beans and Mucuna pruriens Natural L-dopa in t+
213 Cerebral Palsy with parkinsonian symptoms References
214 Essential Tremor: Another use for GM-1 ganglioside?
215 The 2 1/2 Hour Erection..How To..or..Not To
216 Ganglioside GM1


       RESOURCES

    How do I make a Parkinson Alert ID Card which lists
217 the medications I take and drugs that can hurt me?
218 Care-Giver Handbook
219 Algorithm for Managing Parkinson's Disease
220 Blue Glasses Tech Info

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[log in to unmask]      That man may last, but never lives,
                        Who much receives, but nothing gives;
HomeBoy #Parkinsons         Whom none can love, whom none can thank,--
                               Creation's blot, creation's blank.
John Cottingham           Thomas Gibbons (1720-1785): When Jesus dwelt.











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