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My opinion is very subjective. . . My daughter was diagnosed with parkinsonism at 15 due to head and neck injury. at age 17 1/2 she received a series of <SC therapy> injections that caused bruising, soreness, very mild nausea, and apparently, improved memory, learning and concentration, relief of depression, relief of drooling and difficulty swallowing. and lack of falling, these effects lasted a strong 6-8 months and gradually she returned to her original poor functioning within 14 months after treatment. . . . I cannot failry suggest what would happen if she hd more treatments, but the trials ended and our President vetoed funding for further research. . .My daughter wll be 21 in a couple of months and just had pins placed in her arm because of a terrible fall. She is upbeat but it's difficult for her to do ordinary things. She was denied disability and denied health insurance based ON her disability. I have to add this: I am NOT a doctor. I am her highly emotional mother. I believe these treatments, from the trial I saw, hold great promise to manage, but not to cure, Parkinson's disease, Parkinsonism and related movement disorders. I could never recommend a clinical trial or course of treament for anyone, but I am very excited that Obama could repeal the government ban on SCT research funding. . . I dream of a day when people monitor their dopamine vs. acetycholine levels and take injections as people with diabetes can do. Diabetes used to be hopeless but look how much better some people are doing now. _________________________________________________________________ Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows Live http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/119462413/direct/01/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn