on June 30 - July 1 the NIH held an international conference on the use of sham surgery in Parkinson's clinical trials -- initially the idea of PD activist Perry Cohen. Video recordings of both days are now online, and very interesting. Day 1: http://videocast.nih.gov/Summary.asp?File=16076 Day 2: http://videocast.nih.gov/Summary.asp?File=16059 There is also a description of the conference at: http://oba.od.nih.gov/rdna_rac/rac_sham_con.html www.pdpipeline.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn