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Personally I don't think there will be a "cure" in my lifetime. I have had the dbs surgery and am "cured" of major symptoms. I need to work o n my speech, my balance and my bike riding. In fact I wish I could ride for 3-4 hours per day then I could enter the Hawaii iron man team's event The simple fact is this is a disease of unknown etiology. As a consequence it gets umbrella diagnosis. Until the origins are truly y found which is most probably a genetic breakdown rather than a genetic hereditary trait, there will be no" cure ". Not to say the origins of the disease won't be found when the human genome project finally makes sense, just that the cure may be worse the disease. I don't wish to be so negative on this but when everyone begins to realizes that the symptoms relief is th best we have at the moment from degenerative process then he better weal will be roach this dieses with the focus on quality of life rather than a simplistic notion of disease therefore cure approach. So I would say to you keep up the good work and plan on the Hawaii ironman event. John Thomas BAPS MEDICAL RADIATION -----Original Message----- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of rayilynlee Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 7:04 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Exercise & PD I've gotten my forced exercise of cycling up to 3 and 4 hours a day with no improvement in symptoms after 3 months; however I've managed to lose about 5 lbs. This University of Pittsburg study claims great promise for exercise as PD treatment. I'm kinda hooked on it as I can watch TV and do it. What think you Dr. Chu? Ray http://www.barchester.com/Healthcare-News/New-Parkinson's-breakthrough-is-%2 2tantalising%22/376/3062 Rayilyn Brown Director AZNPF Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation [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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn