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Dear Listfriends, Below is a letter from Dr. Lieberman, of NPF, announcing the merger of National Parkinson Foundation with Parkinson Disease Foundation. I believe this merger is a very positive change. This letter appeared on NPF's "Ask Dr. Lieberman." Best regards, Kathrynne ======================================================== dear friends last week I met with Dr Stan Fahn Chairman of the Division of Movement Disorders at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York Stan is a pre eminent specialist in Movement Disorders and Parkinson Disease. In addition to many honors he is the President of the American Academy of Neurology the largest and most prestigious association of neurologists. Stan will be the Scientific Director of the combined organization called the Parkinson Foundation I also met with Robin Elliott Robin is the Executive Director of the Parkinson Disease Foundation and will be the Executive Director of the Parkinson Foundation Mr Nathan Slewett the Chairman of the National Parkinson Foundation and Dr Lewis Rowland the Chairman of the Parkinson Disease Foundation will be co-chairman of the new Parkinson Foundation Mr Herbert Zemel President of the NPF will be the President of the Parkinson Foundation I will be the Medical Director the merger is happening People with Parkinson are uniting and if we unite we can conquer this disease Abe Lieberman -- Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD Author: "Eat well, stay well with Parkinson's disease" "Constipation and Parkinson's" -- audiocassette & guidebook "Guidelines for Medical Nutrition Therapy for Parkinson's disease" & Risk Assessment Tools "Risk for malnutrition and bone fracture in Parkinson's disease," J Nutr Elderly. V18:3;1999. http://www.nutritionucanlivewith.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn