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Jeff & Carol, Others 1. Lifestyles which are considered unhealthful may be a cause of EARLY death reported as heart attack, stroke, shot by irate spouse, etc. 2. Lifestyles which are considered unhealthful may be the RESULT of disease rather than the cause. Last month I was kicked out of a cardiac-pulmonary exercise program at our local hospital because my sudden losses of coordination / dexterity /muscle control / balance could result in a dangerous fall - and possible liability for the hospital. Parkinson's symptoms are the cause the increased probability of falling. Exercise definitely makes my PD symptoms come on more quickly. 3. We are mortals. We will all die of something. The death rate from Parkinson's is going up now. As cures for heart problems, various cancers, etc. [temporary fixes which will keep the person alive longer it takes for that particular problem to reoccur - long enough to have some other recognizable malady end life first] our probability of dying from PD goes up only goes up - but our deaths will be delayed. "Cures" for other diseases increase the number and percentage of deaths from PD. A real cure for PD will probably never be found, but maybe a long temporary fix will be found which will keep us symptom free until we die from something else. Will Johnston DelMarVa Chapter A.P.D.A. Salisbury MD USA 21804 410-543-0110 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carole K. Menser" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 3:42 PM Subject: Re: A phenomenon, or just me? > Yes, Jeff, I believe you are correct when you say that the leading cause of > death is really not heart disease, stroke, heart attack and so on but these > are the consequences of our own actions. The major diseases we see today in > this country were virtually unheard of 100 years ago. Lifestyle must be the > culprit. What else? > > C.M. :-) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn