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Dear Friends, I just received this today, and thought others might be interested. It's hard to believe it's only been 32 years! Best, Kathrynne ============================================================== If you have a friend or relative who might benefit from our timely, authoritative health news and information service, please forward this e-mail to them. To sign up for this daily e-mail, new subscribers should click to http://www.intelihealth.com/signup?r=EMIHC000 ======================= TODAY IN HEALTH HISTORY ======================= On this date in 1970, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the drug L-Dopa, or levodopa. The drug revolutionized the treatment of Parkinson's disease, a disorder of the body's motor system that can cause rigidity in the body, abnormal walking, shaking or tremors, unsteady posture, and slowed movements. L-Dopa and other related drugs help the body make its own dopamine, a neurotransmitter normally produced by a part of the brain called the substantia nigra that is missing in Parkinson patients. Although there is no cure for Parkinson's, some of its symptoms can be eased with L-Dopa and other drugs. Copyright InteliHealth, Inc., 2002. All rights reserved. -- Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD "Ask the Parkinson Dietitian" http://www.parkinson.org/ "Eat well, stay well with Parkinson's disease" "Guidelines for Medical Nutrition Therapy for Parkinson's disease" 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