1. there is no "test" for PD. The only way it can be diagnosed is with observation of symptoms. (usually over an extended period of time.)
A flouro-dopa PET scan can usually confirm the diagnosis.
2. he very possibly could have Essential Tremor(ET).
Charlie
--- On Sat, 9/12/09, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Bill Clinton's Parkinson's??
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Saturday, September 12, 2009, 4:40 PM
> Bill Clinton: I've been tested, I
> don't have Parkinson's disease
>
> Posted: March 11th, 2009 06:58 PM ET
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> From CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart
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> Former President Clinton told CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta that
> he was concerned when he noticed his hands sometimes shake.
> Watch the entire interview Thursday night on Larry King
> Live.
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> (CNN) – Former President Bill Clinton got personal in a
> wide-ranging interview with CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta, who is
> filing in for Larry King on Wednesday's Larry King Live.
>
> When Gupta raised the issue of Clinton’s trademark finger
> wag, the former president interrupted the neurosurgeon.
>
> “Sometimes it shakes,” Clinton said. “See, it’s a
> little shake,” he added as he lifted both hands, “but no
> shake here. I’ve been tested for it, I don’t have
> Parkinson’s.”
>
> Clinton told Gupta he was “quite concerned” when he
> noticed his hands were shaking sometimes. “Because if I
> had Parkinson’s, I wanted to know so I could prepare. And
> I had it tested and the doctor said ‘no,’ he says it’s
> just a normal aging phenomenon.”
>
> During the interview Clinton also discussed health care
> reform; stem cell research; and President Obama’s
> ambitious agenda on health care, energy, and education.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Sat, Sep 12, 2009 2:33 am
> Subject: Bill Clinton's Parkinson's??
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> Globe magazine says Clinton has PD, but I can't find any
> other validation right
> ow. apparently there have been rumors of it for a
> year.
> RAy
> Rayilyn Brown
> irector AZNPF
> rizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation
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