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Dr. Janis, I like the idea of renaming PD on the lines of Dopamine Deficiency Disease. Perhaps, as Sami says, there may be some confusion for a bit, but I do not think that the aware population would find it difficult to accept this name, particularly since it more accurately describes the illness. Moneesha 2009/8/23 <[log in to unmask]> > Hi there --- I am a 70 yr old Anesthesiogist who has spent > much effort during the past few years in a perersonal and > Intense but largely ineffective battle against what was called > Parkinson's Disease. > > Despite years of research there has been limited improvement > in the long term control of disability. There is unrelenting > progression of motor and cognitive dysfunction. The result has been > failure of efforts to block the extention of neurologic cellular > dysfunctioln. > Often areas of the CNS were undergoing destruction of cells > which had lost the ability repair damaged cells. Therefore--it makes > sense > to use a name that reflects more of the pathophysiolgy > of all elements of the disease. > > eg Dopamine Deficiency Disease. The result would have > been the discovery that there were two basic disease > templates: The larger and dominant one would continue > to develop complex neuropathological models using techniques > developed in the "nanolabs" of the future (eg bradykinesia, > rigidity, speech and visual distortion). > > To make the process effective we need more support and > recognition of the true nature of the illness. > > Kenneth M.Janis, MD > Clinical Professor Emeritus > Deartment of Anesthesiology > University of New Mexico > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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