test ----- Original Message ----- From: "Automatic digest processor" <[log in to unmask]> To: "Recipients of PARKINSN digests" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 6:32 AM Subject: PARKINSN Digest - 28 Nov 2006 to 29 Nov 2006 (#2006-379) > There are 9 messages totalling 390 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. No Adult Stem Cell Treatment for Parkinson's > 2. Bush's bizarre appointment > 3. StemCells Top Senate Agenda > 4. DBS SURGERY (2) > 5. Sweden in First Place in SCR > 6. Stem Cell Debate in Florida > 7. No fetal cells need apply > 8. adult stem cells > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 07:26:36 -0800 > From: archier <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: No Adult Stem Cell Treatment for Parkinson's > > You are talking about a nurse, not a researcher. She probably doesn't > know > anything more about stem cell research than the people that have followed > this list. 10-15 years is just a way of saying something appears to have > potential, but doesn't currently have any clear development path. > > > > On 11/26/06, M.Schild <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> > I was talking to one of my area's PD-specialist nurses - she reckons >> there >> > might be in 10-15 years. >> >> for adult stem cells or embryonic? >> Maryse >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto: >> [log in to unmask] >> In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:12:30 -0700 > From: rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Bush's bizarre appointment > > From the LA Times. Check out this dude's promotion of the idea that a > woman's brain chemistry is altered by having multiple sex partners. Now > where do you think he stands on ESCR? Ray > > "Bush's bizarre appointment > Erick Keroack is too extreme to head the federal office for family > planning. > November 27, 2006 > > PRESIDENT BUsh made some winningly conciliatory remarks the day after > his party's Nov. 7 electoral drubbing, saying he looked forward to > governing in a more bipartisan fashion. Then he turned around and > started naming kooky ideologues to key posts. > > The latest recess appointment, Eric Keroack as head of the federal > government's family planning office, is an extremist so out of line > with scientific thought that it is difficult to describe his views > without laughing. > > As medical director of A Woman's Concern, a small chain of nonprofit > pregnancy counseling clinics that offer no information on birth > control, Keroack has agitated against abortion and even contraception - > including for married women. The organization continues to push the > discredited nonsense that abortion increases a woman's chances of > breast cancer and is more dangerous during the first eight weeks of > pregnancy (when, in fact, the risk of complication is actually at its > lowest). Birth control, according to A Woman's Concern's tortured > logic, is somehow "demeaning to women." And Keroack has argued that > women who have sex with multiple partners alter their brain chemistry > in the process, making it harder for them to form close relationships. > > This is the man who will oversee $283 million in annual Department of > Health and Human Services grants for providing access to family > planning education and contraceptives "to all who want and need them." > > The administration is still wasting $158 million a year on > abstinence-only education programs that the Government Accountability > Office concluded this month have not been shown to work and at times > put forth misleading information about condoms and AIDS. > > Keroack does not need Senate confirmation, so there is little Congress > can do about a president who continues to select anti-scientific > ideology over basic competence, aside from making it clear that funding > for these programs depends on HHS using the money as intended. > > But the real check on Bush's silliness comes from voters. On Nov. 7, > efforts to limit women's reproductive rights were routed not only in > California and Oregon but in South Dakota and Kansas. Appeasing social > conservatives is not just bad policy, it's becoming losing politics as > well." > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:48:06 -0700 > From: rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: StemCells Top Senate Agenda > > From the Associated Press on Tuesday afternoon. > Tony Mazzaschi > AAMC > Reid: Ethics, stem cells atop Senate agenda > WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ethics reform, a higher minimum wage and more money > for stem cell research are the top items on the Senate agenda next year, > incoming Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday in an interview > with The Associated Press. > Reid said he will tackle those priorities after cleaning up the > "financial mess" that the outgoing Republican leadership has left. > He was referring to nine long overdue appropriations bills covering 13 > Cabinet departments for the budget year that began October 1. (Watch > what Democrats have in store for Iraq and financial matters at home) > "They're just leaving town, it appears," Reid said from his office in > the Capitol. "We hope that's not the case, but it appears that's what > they are going to do. And so we're going to have to find a way to fund > the government for the next year." > The must-pass legislation totals more than $460 billion and promises to > divert time and energy from other items on the Democratic agenda. > Reid also said he's doing away with the "do-nothing Congress" that > Democrats campaigned against this year as they ousted the Republican > majority in both chambers of Congress. > The Nevada Democrat, who is wrapping up his final days as Senate > minority leader, will take control of the Senate agenda when the new > Congress takes the oath of office in January. > "We're going to put in some hours here that haven't been put in in a > long time," Reid said. That means "being here more days in the week and > we start off this year with seven weeks without a break. That hasn't > been done in many, many years here." > Reid said he hopes that President Bush is willing to work with the > Democratic congressional leadership, but the early signs have not been > encouraging. He said the White House has not reached out to him since > his meeting with Bush in the Oval Office on November 10. > "Sorry to say," Reid said. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 05:17:47 -0800 > From: Carole Hercun <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: DBS SURGERY > > I am yet another Carole in a similar situation. Slight= > > Hi Holly,=0A=0A=0AI am yet another Carole in a similar situation. > Slight= > ly older, slightly more advanced, but definitely starting to go downhill. > W= > ould be etenally grateful if you keep us postetd, aa I know there are many > = > others in a quandry re: DBS.=0A=0ACarole Hercun=0A=0A----- Original > Message= > ----=0AFrom: William Angus <[log in to unmask]>=0ATo: > PARKINSN@LISTS= > ERV.UTORONTO.CA=0ASent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:23:38 PM=0ASubject: > Re:= > DBS SURGERY=0A=0A=0AHi, Carol --=0A=0AI read your e-mail with special > inte= > rest because it sounds as though=0Awe are in similar situations. I am 52 > ye= > ars old and have been dx'd=0Afor about 9 years. Same symptoms as yours, > exc= > ept that my balance=0Ahasn't been affecfed to the degree that your has > (fro= > m the sounds of=0Ayour letter). My surgery is scheduled for Jan. 30 so if > y= > ou'd like to=0Akeep in touch, I can try to keep you posted as I go through > = > it.=0A=0APeople say to me, "Why are you doing this? You don't look that > bad= > ,"=0Aand I questioned whether I was jumping the gun or perhaps > being=0Agree= > dy by wanting to improve my "quality of life" when what I have is=0Apretty > = > good, but my neurologist put my mind at ease and I'm=0Aproceeding with > conf= > idence once again. He suggested DBS when I=0Adeveloped fairly severe > dyskin= > esias that can't be controlled by=0Amedication (I can't take Amantadine) > an= > d my on/off periods started=0Abecoming unpredictable. He believes that > pati= > ents who are not=0Atremendously advanced do better with the surgery, > recove= > r faster, and=0Aenjoy greater benefits that patients who resort to DBS > only= > as a last=0Aditch effort. (He said, in regards to your question > about=0Aha= > ndwriting, that usually the surgery doesn't restore that. Nuts.)=0A=0AMy > ne= > urologist is very, very involved with the surgery -- he will be=0Athere > dur= > ing the entire procedure (along with a bunch of other=0Apeople) and there > i= > s much comfort in that.=0A=0AGood luck finding the info you need -- I'll > he= > lp if I can.=0A=0AHolly=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0AOn Nov 24, 2006, at 11:43 AM, > Caro= > l Kerr wrote:=0A=0AI am considering having DBS surgery and am interested > in= > hearing from=0Aanyone=0Awho has had it done. I am 54 uears old and have > b= > een dx for almost 5=0Auears.=0AI have virtually no tremor, but have > extreme= > stiffness, bradykinesia,=0Aand=0Abalance problems. I am falling about > eve= > ry other day. i take=0Asinemet every four=0Ahrsl. (up from every 5 hrs > six= > months ago ) . I feel it wearing=0Aoff after=0Aabout 3 1/2 hours now. > = > I alaso take a cr at night.=0A=0ASome things I am intersted iin knowing=0A > = > if any of your symptoms were similar to mine what difference did=0Ait > m= > ake?=0A (also with relation to speech , nandwriting=0A how > involved= > has your neurologist been=0A are there any other specialists on > your= > "team" or that you wish=0Ayou had=0Ainvolved=0A anything you wish > you= > had asked about before hand=0A has anybody done it frameless=0AThanks > = > for any > input=0Acarol=0A=0A------------------------------------------------= > ----------------------=0ATo sign-off Parkinsn send a message > to:=0Amailto:l= > [log in to unmask] the body of the message put: signoff > park= > insn=0A=0A-----------------------------------------------------------------= > -----=0ATo sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > oronto.ca=0AIn the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:55:32 -0700 > From: rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Sweden in First Place in SCR > > Stem Cells": Israel 8th in stem cell research > Israel is second in the number of groups publishing research papers on = > human embryonic stem cell lines. > Gali Weinreb 28 Nov 06 14:41 > "Stem Cells" reports in its October edition that Israel is eighth in the = > world in human embryonic stem cell research with ongoing research on = > eight stem cell lines. The study, conducted by Anke Guhr, Andreas Kurtz, = > Kelley Friedgen and Peter Loser, reported that Sweden was in first = > place. The US is in second place, despite federal restriction on = > embryonic stem cell research.=20 > Israel is second in publishing research papers on stem cell lines, with = > 42 articles in peer-reviewed journals. Israel is behind the US, and = > ahead of the UK, South Korea, China, and Singapore.=20 > > "Stem Cells" also ranked the 24 most influential articles in the field = > (i.e. the most quoted). Six of these articles originated in Israel. The = > most cited article from Israel was a study conducted at the Rappaport = > Family Institute for Research in the Medical Sciences at Technion - = > Israel Institute of Technology, in third place.=20 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:16:49 -0700 > From: rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Stem Cell Debate in Florida > > Stem Cell Debate Hits Florida > The stem cell debate has gotten more interesting. Floridians for Stem Cell > Research & Cures have launched a petition drive to put stem cell research > funding on the Florida 2008 ballot. They failed to do so in 2006. Citizens > for Science and Ethics have launched a counter drive for a 2008 ballot > measure to ban Florida from stem cell research funding. If both grassroots > group get 600,000 certified signatures they will still need 60 percent of > the voters to vote yes. > The one thing that may doom the Christian Right is that stem cell research > supporters have made their presence felt with campaign donations. > Proponents of Missouri constitutional amendment to protect embryonic stem > cell research have broken every record on political spending for statewide > races, with one billionaire couple bankrolling nearly all of the $28.7 > million campaign. > That total price tag is staggering when compared to even the most > expensive > campaigns in Missouri history. The stem cell campaign is already more than > twice as costly as any campaign for a Missouri ballot measure. > The amount spent by proponents of the stem cell measure is greater that > the > total spent by all candidates combined in any race to date for statewide > office, including governor or U.S. senator. > > Newly elected politicans, from both parties, have heard the money jingle > and > are tripping over each to see who can promise to spend the most. Poll > after > poll shows the majority of Americans support stem cell research. The > Christian Right will drive a wedge into the Republican Party on this > issue. > Democrats can use stem cell research to fundraise and get-out-the-vote. > Posted by Michael Hussey on Monday, November 27, 2006 at 10:17 PM | > Permalink > Damn good point. And, they need to push it over and over and over again > until even the Republicans are sick to death of the subject and give up > their nonsense. > Posted by Sine.Qua.Non | November 27, 2006 11:09 PM > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:43:57 -0700 > From: rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: No fetal cells need apply > > Dear Editor: > > There are no fetal cells involved in embryonic stem cell research. We = > are talking about 8 microscopic undifferentiated cells in a 4-5 day old = > blastocyst in a petri dish that could produce stem cell lines. Alive, = > like bacteria and viruses are alive, but not like living persons. > > Cells, not fetuses, babies, or people are at the source of this big = > debate. But opponents of ESCR want to make it an abortion issue. It is = > not. > > As an ovarian cancer survivor and 11 year Parkinson's disease prisoner, = > I am sick and tired of being held hostage to the Bronze Age religious = > beliefs that fuel this controversy. This research will take place, = > albeit outside the US and too late to help me thanks to the flat earth=20 > thinkers in power. > > Rayilyn Brown > Surprise AZ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:00:05 -0700 > From: rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: adult stem cells > > Coleus or whoever you are - > > I want to give you some personal, first hand info re ASCs. There are = > no ASC cures or treatments for Parkinson's disease. How do I know? I = > have Parkinson's and on 4-24-06 I talked to Dennis Turner, the one = > person in the world whose PD was treated with his own brain cells. His = > PD has returned with a vengeance because the etiology of the disease is = > unknown. I also called Dr. Levesque's (his neurosurgeon) office at = > Cedars Sinai in LA CA in 2003 before I had DBS brain surgery which I was = > encouraged to have by his office. As far as I know his Phase II is = > stalled. As for the other 2 PD "cures/treatments", I know a person who = > participated in the aborted Amgen GDNF infusion therapy trials which did = > not involve any kind of stem cells. =20 > > Would PD patients have any reason to reject ASC treatments or cures if = > they were successful or existed? Use some common sense. There is = > plenty wrong with your 70 ASC "cures" list - why do all patient advocacy = > groups support ESCR? > > You need to keep your Bronze Age based thinking to yourself, refuse any = > future treatments that may be derived from ESCR, and GET OUT OF THE = > WAY!!! I see no reason why I must suffer and be held hostage to your = > faith-based socially acceptable superstitions. > > ALSO PLEASE STOP LYING ABOUT HOW GREAT ASCs ARE. > > Rayilyn Brown > Surprise AZ > [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 > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 02:56:44 -0600 > From: "John K. Mier Jr" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: DBS SURGERY > > i underwent dbs at universit of chicago after dx and progression since > 1989.. was practicaly bedridden..that was done inmarch 2005. it set the > symptoms bak about 3-5 years, imho its a great improvement.. thnx to > dr penn the neurosurgeon dr dalvy at the university as my neurologist, > > they have worked with over 100 cases and undertand our dilemma... > best wishes to all > john > -- > John K Mier,Jr [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 > > ------------------------------ > > End of PARKINSN Digest - 28 Nov 2006 to 29 Nov 2006 (#2006-379) > *************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn