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I've seen stuff on chinese herbs. This site is for extracts and they supposedly have done research on the bioactivity of the compound extracts. Has anyone that you know of had experience with this online pharmacy? http://www.tcmpharmacy.com/ ves s Barb_MSN wrote: > Bob Fink, et al.... > > Dr Iacono does NOT limit himself to only performing pallidotomies! > He was performing DBS as early as Oct. 1994, in test cases being > monitored by the FDA. He still continues to do DBS surgeries, as > well as other neurological surgeries. > > In fact, Dr. Iacono is usually in the forefront of medical > research, whether in surgery or other treatments, but he REALLY > wants to see the demise of Parkinson's Disease - he seems to look > at this miserable disease as an enemy to be eradicated. > > Barb Mallut > [log in to unmask] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert A. Fink, M. D. <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 8:22 AM > Subject: Re: Surgery for PD > > Send reply to: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network > <[log in to unmask]> > From: Don Berns <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Surgery for PD > To: [log in to unmask] > Date sent: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 09:44:45 -0500 > > > Joan Dykstra, > > > > Based on my own experience which includes: > > -personally having a bi-lateral pallidotomy in Dec 1993 > > -working weekly with well over 300 PD patients over four years > > -attending a Pallidotomy Accord Conf. for neurosurgeons at > Princeton in > > April of 1998 -setting in on several surgeries as an observor > > > > There is one surgeon who is the very best. > > Dr. Robert Iacono > > Neuroscience Clinic > > 245 terracina blvd. #209A > > Redlands, CA > > 909-792-8188 > > > > > > Don Berns Karen Berns > > B.S.M.E., clay pot, M.Div. Assoc. Pastor-Pleasant Hills > Community > > Wounded Healer, P.D. D. Min. Presbyterian > Church > > Parish Associate PHCPC 199 Old Clairton > Rd. > > Pittsburgh, PA 15236 > > Check out Don's pallidotomy story on website: > > > http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/pienet/hithgang/hitdonb > 1.html > > For more info on this life changing operation for persons with > P.D. See: > > www.pallidotomy.com > > > > > > Blessings on you as you pursue the medical treatment you need to > treat > > your PD. > > > > > > Don Berns > > > > Dr. Iacono may be one of the better surgeons for performing > pallidotomies, but the experts in surgery for Parkinson's disease > these > days believe that pallidotomy is no longer the "gold standard" for > the > surgical treatment of this condition. > > Please refer to the transcript of the recent neurosurgical meeting > in > San Francisco where the newer techniques in PD surgery were > discussed (including tissue transplants and stimulation > procedures). I > posted this transcript on this List several months ago (and it is > available in the Archives). Basically: > > 1. Pallidotomy is useful in "pre-treatment of dystonias" (quote > from > Dr. Gary Heit at Stanford), but, over the long haul, leads to more > speech problems in PD patients. The early pallidotomy cases are > beginning to relapse. > > 2. Fetal tissue transplant surgery is not yet ready for clinical > use. The > experiences (Dr. Stanley Fahn) suggest that it worsens > dyskinesias. > > 3. The current "gold standard" is deep brain stimulation, either > in the > pallidum or the subthalamic nucleus. > > Pallidotomy is no longer considered good treatment for PD, at > least by > people such as Dr. Heit, except for the exception (dystonia) > above. > > Best, > > Bob > > ********************************************** > Robert A. Fink, M. D., F.A.C.S., P. C. > 2500 Milvia Street Suite 222 > Berkeley, California 94704-2636 > Telephone: 510-849-2555 FAX: 510-849-2557 > WWW: http://www.dovecom.com/rafink/ > > mailto:[log in to unmask] > > "Ex Tristitia Virtus" > > *********************************************