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Good Morning Murray Kastner and Good Morning All, The latest news on the placebo effect vs Parkinson's was a study released in August 2001... The study was a Canadian one done by a team at UBC here in Vancouver (headed by my neuro Dr. Jon Stoessl) I thought I had it archived somewhee but couldn't find it. This morning I found the references.... Placebo mimics drug effects on Parkinson's brains. 10 August 2001 http://www.nature.com/nsu/010816/010816-1.html MEDICINE Parkinson's Patients Feel the Placebo Effect http://www.sciam.com/news/081001/2.html All in the Mind FACT OR ARTIFACT? THE PLACEBO EFFECT MAY BE A LITTLE OF BOTH http://www.sciam.com/2001/1001issue/1001scicit2.html The Placebo Effect and Parkinson's http://spring.parkinsons.org.uk/SPRING_Times/21/12.html Earlier trials of a different nature also mentioned placebo surgery... Fetal Cell Therapy Benefits Some Parkinson's Patients: First Controlled Clinical Trial Shows Mixed Results For release: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/freedfinal.htm?type=archived cheers ..... murray * * * [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn