Hi one more time Carole;
As soon as I stop trying to remember.......I remember!!
Oliver Sacks book "The Island of The Colorblind" !!
The second half is his trip to Guam and the study of lytico - bodig a
Parkinson like affliction.  In his book he talks about Dr. John
Steele and his years of work there.  more web sites:

An Interview with Dr. John Steele
http://www.psp.org/ste.html

A review of Oliver Sacks book
http://vallaeys.com/ReviewZone/Books/reviews/colorblind.htm

> Hi again Carole;
> My memory is coming back.........I knew I had seen some reference
> somewhere.  Our own (University of British Columbia) Dr. Pat McGeer
> and Dr. John Steele are involved in Alzheimer research on Guam!
>
> I put their names in the search engine and came up with a few more
> sites you can look at: (more recent too....Sept. 1997)
>
> http://publicaffairs.ubc.ca/mr/mr97/mr-97-75.html
>
> http://www.apnet.com/inscight/11141996/parkin.htm
>
> http://www.clearlight.com/~morph/present/park3_1.htm
>
> http://www.medaccess.com/physical/neuro/psp.htm
>
> http://www.med.upenn.edu/news/News_Releases/june97/guamanian.html
>
> Dr. John Steele (a Canadian) is working in Guam with Dr. Ulla-Katrina
> Craig.  Dr. Craig is the Associate Dean of the College of Nursing and
> Health Services at the University of Guam.
>
> >
> > Hi Carole;
> > I've also seen that reference somewhere and after reading Ronald
> > Vetters post decided to look a little on the web.  (Ron your posting
> > is interesting but I don't make the connection between cannibalism in
> > New Guinea and personnel stationed in Guam)
> >
> My apologies Ron, I'm told there is a familial gene shared by the
> natives of New Guinea and the natives of Guam and there is some
> connection in the research going on!
> >
> > > Greetings
> > >
> > > Do any of you know if there is anything new about the connection
> > > between Guam and the high incidence of a particular type of
> > > Parkinsons ? I ran across a reference to someone gathering info on
> > > that and would like to contact them as I spent some years on Guam in
> > > the sixties . I lived on military bases in the pacific area while
> > > growing up and I remember the DDT trucks gassing our neighborhoods
> > > regularly . Perhaps there is some connection . This is a scary
> > > thought for me as the Guam Parkinsons is a particularly nasty form
> > > of the disease . Anyway , I would like to know more about this . If
> > > anyone has any news please let me know .
> > >
> > >   You all make me smile every day when I read the list , thanks !
> > >
> > >   Carol Mcleod
> > >    47/1
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> > >
> >
> > Carole, I found several references:
> > This first one contains the name and address of a person who was
> > collecting data on PD & Guam in 1993 - see text below
> >
> > http://http1.brunel.ac.uk:8080/~hssrsdn/alsig/archive/alsd013.txt
> >
> > This next one contains a catalog of medical papers and you might
> > access some of this material at a good medical library
> >
> > http://http1.brunel.ac.uk:8080/~hssrsdn/papers/mnd92.txt
> >
> > This site has references to other afflictions and Guam
> >
> > http://www.medaccess.com/physical/neuro/psp.htm
> >
> > This last site also refers to a special type of PD and Guam
> >
> > http://www.cnsonline.org/www/archive/parkins/park-01.txt
> >
> > The 1st.(1993) site offers a contact person:
> >
> > Susan F. Schweitzer
> > Neurological Clinical Nurse Specialist & Co-ordinator
> > APDA Information and Referal Center
> > 1000 Locus Street
> > Reno, Nevada
> > 89520
> > (702) 328-1766
> >
>
Again I hope some of this might help you out.

Regards.............Murray
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