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We speak of the "fact" that there are variously one to one-and-one-half million people in the United States who have Parkinson's, and PAN, most notably among others, has calculated the savings that will be made by finding a cure for Parkinson's on that basis. The savings are great, but it would be even more convincing were we to justify citing a higher figure. On the Sparkle list, Bunny Depew has called out attention to this website: http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/index.html Follow the link on this home to "Diseases Lookup" and click on "P," and then scroll down and click on Parkinson's Disease. The page "Introduction: Parkinson's Disease" comes up. In the fourth paragraph, "Misdiagnosis and Parkinson's Disease," click on "failure to diagnose Parkinson's disease." You might have gotten to this page via another route, but you now have these words in front of you: "Undiagnosed prevalence of Parkinson's Disease: estimated 3-4 million people," and "Undiagnosed prevalence rate: approx 1 in 90 or 1.10% or 3 million people in USA." From which we might conclude that the number of people with Parkinson's in the United States is three or four times greater than the figures that we have been using as our case for research? Three times the reasons to cure Parkinson's? Three times the savings from our efforts? I know better than to jump to a conclusion based on internet data from web sites that are not familiar to me, but this could be a big win for advocacy if we can justify this much higher figure. Art Visit the "Corner Castle" website at www.ccastle.org/jah.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn