Actually, I looked at the site and wondered what on earth it was about. There are
many places one can get medline, etc.. I did not go any further and deleted it.
you are probably right. I don't know either, but it the posted is monitoring the
list  perhaps  he/she would like to explain what this is about. He may be
completely honest, just needs to explain or stop posting.

Nita

Simon Coles wrote:

> OK people, I'm going to tread carefully here.... but I thought I
> would share with you some suspicions I have about this message, in
> the hope that it will help people make their own minds up about
> what's trustworthy and what isn't.
>
> Based on my observations, I believe there is a chance that the person
> who posted this message joined this list under an assumed name to
> promote his site, http://www.GH2000.com/, a commercial enterprise.
>
> Why do I have a problem with that? No problem people creating web
> sites to make money. No problem if someone joins a list, contributes,
> is honest about who they are, and if they mention their site they do
> so in a relevant context.
>
> Joining a list under an assumed name, and whenever someone mentions
> web sites posting a generic ad for your site.... I don't think that's
> cricket. For two reasons:
>         - honesty and transparency are important, especially on a medical list
>         - if incidents like this become more prevalent, PARKINSN will become
>           a serious of people asking reasonable questions and getting back
>           adverts in response
>
> OK, so why am I suspicious of this particular post?
>         - its in response to a question, doesn't really answer it
>         - the poster is using a free email account (in this case, from Excite)
>         - there's no user profile setup on Excite
>         - Searching the archives, the only other post this person has made to
>           the list was also to promote this site, on 9th Oct. 1999
>         - The 9th Oct. posting was signed "Milton Hass , M.D., Chief of
>           Surgery, Princess Grace Hospital". I remember thinking at the time
>           why on earth would a "Chief of Surgery" post to PARKINSN, and if he
>           did, why *only* about a rather second rate web site, rather than
>           something to do with Parkinson's? Surely someone with that amount
>           of expertise would have something interesting to say and be happy
>           to share it with us? Or if they want to keep a low profile, why
>           boast about their medical title & position?
>         - searching various sites, I couldn't find any other  mention of
>           "Milton Hass" or [log in to unmask] anywhere else on the Internet
>         - the textual formatting is terrible (a common feature of most spam,
>           don't know why)
>         - the URL that's given is "http:www.GH2000.com" which isn't something
>           that would copy from a web browser - it would start "http://". So
>           it was typed in manually. If he was recommending a site he'd used,
>            wouldn't he cut & paste?
>         - the actual site smacks of marketing more than substance.
>
> The frustrating thing is there are many ways that this enterprise
> could contribute to the community, and make more money with less
> effort. Unfortunately "Internet Marketing" courses and advice have a
> lot to answer for.
>
> One of the nice things about The Internet is you get to make your own
> mind up. I could well be mistaken In which case Dr Hass, I apologise,
> fancy joining in a bit more or recommending some Parkinson's-specific
> sites?
>
> Some people may feel I shouldn't say anything. But this guy doesn't
> look right to me, and I thought I would share that with you, so you
> can make your own minds up.
>
> Simon
>
> >If you are looking for quality medical news , referenced articles for health
> >professionals , consumers and patients then
> >http:www.GH2000.com
> >will be useful.
> >It also has the worlds largest literature search databases - Medline
> >,Aidsline , Healthstar , Cancerlit with bibliographic citations from 1966 to
> >present with access to full text journal articles.
> >Good Luck.
> >
> >
> >On      Fri, 15 Oct 1999 12:06:15 EDT, Sharon Y Habing wrote:
> >
> >>  Hi Bill,
> >>  Fact Sheet 152 from the World Health Organization gives a good
> >>  description of Parkinson's.  www.who.int/inf-fs/en/fact152.html
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>        On Fri, 15 Oct 1999 10:49:54 -0500 William Harshaw
> >>  <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> >>  >For a speaker, what are the best web sites which give a good, general
> >>  >introduction to PD?
> >>  >
> >>  >Any suggestions or help appreciated.
> >>  >
> >>  >Bill
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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