Maryse I have been there, (in CIREN) in Cuba It was no use (for me). and expensive (U$ 10000 for a month). Their diagnosis (SNP, or CBD or SND) has been severely contested by qualified local specialists (I.m from SP Brazil), the same with their sugestion of medication (rivastigmine). I went with the promise to do a PET investigation, but they have only SPECT But their fisiotherapy is really good, and also their claims to have a new surgical procedure (a new type of palidectomy) that appears to work. (If it is true, why it´s not widely recognized?) The pacients I met there are mostly from (ex)west- Germany, Russia, Latin-america and Finland . I was very well recived but I did not came back Marcio Peter MD De:Parkinson's Information Exchange Network Para:[log in to unmask] Cópia: Data:Wed, 10 Dec 2003 14:48:18 +0100 Assunto:Cuba? > Recently some member of the french PD list was saying her husband is > being treated in Cuba....It seems a lot of PWPs and other neuro diseases > are being treated succesfully in Cuba. Has anyone heard anything about it? > incredulously, > Maryse cg JOhn 74,14 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > >