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Date sent: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 11:22:43 -0500 Send reply to: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network <[log in to unmask]> From: Greg Sterling <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Virus theory To: [log in to unmask] > Unless I missed something Ivan was pleading with someone to research > this area, but no one came forward. No one, to my knowledge mentioned > these researchers, and now they are coming out of the woodwork. > Something doesn't ring true to me. No aspersions on Ivan or anybody else, but Ivan mentioned his theories to me years ago and I did quite a bit of MEDLINE research (spent several hours). I found a few "basic science" articles which gave a theoretical background about several common viruses, but when push came to shove, it was the common viruses which were *associated with* (not the cause of) Parkinson's, and these common viruses, because they were common, were present to the same extent in the non- PD population. I have not re-researched this issue since then (and don't have the time currently), but I do not think that there is much new available. If you walk down the street, shaking the hand of everyone whom you meet, one of these days, someone is going to drop dead when you shake their hand. That does not prove that hand-shaking is deadly. 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.rafink.com/ mailto:[log in to unmask] "Ex Tristitia Virtus" ********************************************* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn