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Barbara, how reassuring it is to have someone with a professional title like Klawans agree with my theory! It's true I don't know how valid Klawans' credentials are, but for me right now, I'll assume he is legit. I certainly like his premise! When one considers Ali, one can look at a number of possibilities First, "other fighters" may not have the mutation at birth. Second, the number of head traumas for them may be extremely low compared to the blows received by Ali. Third, other fighters may not have the "experiences" or the precursors along their paths to initiate the disease. There are other possibilities as well which could possibly come to light through something like the HOW survey. Need I tell you that you have made my day! E of the headdress ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Hodson and or Mike Stewart" <Barb&[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 7:28 PM Subject: interesting read To those of you near a library I just read a book called "Why Michael Couldn't Hit & other tales of the Neurology of Sports" by Harold L. Klawans, M.D. 1996. Chapter 7 "Muhammad Ali's Brain" was a very unique read about possible causes of PD & Parkinsonisms, tied in with Ali's own history. But the author also puts forward some propositions re causes of this mysterious affliction some of us are forced to live with everyday. He also looks at possible relationships between genetic inheritance & life experiences & how these interelate. e.g. why don't all boxers get PD, if brain battering is a factor in cause. Happy reading. BEH ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn