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I read this article yesterday and I was wondering if you are riding your bike a lot during the week. I called you on Sat. on my way to the hair salon and hoped that you are feeling ok. Stay hopeful. There is so much research going on re PD. I will call GE tomorrow as my icemaker motor has been making loud noises and some plastic within the Icemaker has broken and fallen out. It is too bad that I did not take out a maintenance service contract as without it, I have paid out more than a contract would have cost me!! (incidentally, I tried to take out the tray where the cubes are and although I have done it in the past to empty the tray, this time I was not able to do so - but GE hopefully will come to fix the refrigerator tomorrow as I will call early a.m.) i saw The King's Speech yesterday and it is a memorable film. I remember the King making that speech on the radio when I was about 17. And I recall some hesitancy in his speech and how somber it was. Hope you are well. Love, Mom In a message dated 1/9/2011 2:00:13 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: It means that 96% of people with PD can ride a bike, but about half of people with atypical PD (a much worse disease) cannot. I found it interesting that the ability to ride a bike is retained even though balance and walking problems are common.. Howard Silverstein, MD Cell: (561) 271-2343 Fax: (561) 750-0333 Sent from my iPad On Jan 8, 2011, at 1:39 AM, mschild <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Doctors should question those with Parkinson's on cycling ability > > Healthcare News > 07/01/2011 > Whether or not a Parkinson's patient is able to ride a bike could help doctors > diagnose their specific condition, scientists claim. > > Questioning patients on their ability to ride a bike could be a far more > effective Parkinson's disease test than more expensive examinations, according > to scientists. > > Researchers from the Netherlands used brain imaging and other tests on > patients with Parkinson's disease and also on those with atypical > Parkinsonism. > > When asked whether they were still able to ride a bicycle, only four per cent > of those with standard Parkinson's said they were no longer able to while 52 > per cent of participants with atypical Parkinsonism said they could not. > > Researchers wrote a letter published in the Lancet that said that the question > of whether a patient could ride a bike or not could prove a "red flag" for > clinicians. > > "This skilled task is probably sensitive to subtle problems with balance or > coordination, caused by the more extensive extranigral pathology in atypical > parkinsonism," said the letter. > > Meanwhile, researchers from the University of Texas Health Science Center have > found that a drug used in the treatment of leukaemia could be used to slow the > progression of Parkinson's disease. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn