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Date sent: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 18:44:31 -0400 Send reply to: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network <[log in to unmask]> From: Bob Allison <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: a new treatment for essential tremor To: [log in to unmask] > This article showed up under a "private" label and was quite brief. > What is the source of this info? For studies such as this, isnt one > of the keys whether it has been published and therefore subjected to > the review of other professionals. How can we tell, as laypeople, if > an article has been published in a professional journal? ----- > Original Message ----- From: "Private" > <[log in to unmask]> To: "Ask the Doctor" > <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 5:31 PM > Subject: a new treatment for essential tremor I would be very hesitant to accept such anecdotes. The only way to tell if something has been peer-reviewed is to get a reference for the "article" and see if it has been published in a peer-reviewed medical journal. Even then, one has to be careful, as some journals *appear* to be peer-reviewed and are not. For example, several years ago, there was a flurry of articles on Parkinson treatment with tiny doses of magnetic energy written by a doctor named Reuben Sandyk. A number of other articles on Parkinson's disease were written in that journal. The journal was called the "International Journal of Neurosciences" and was published in Great Britain. It sounded like a peer-reviewed journal, but I was finally able to get a copy of the journal itself (most medical libraries did not carry it) and discovered that the Editorial Board was headed by Dr. Sandyk, and that he actually *owned* the journal! The "peer-review" was being conducted by the "researcher". Caveat emptor. 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