Thanks Kathleen for your thoughts. Patti -----Original Message----- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kathleen Cochran Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 7:21 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Nicotine protects brain from PD Patti, So sorry about Alan's stroke. Kathleen On 7 August 2012 07:46, Patti Zapf Insurance <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Smoking cigarettes caused a recent large stroke in Alan, which has > affected his thinking even more:-( Patti > > Fondly sent to you from: Patti Luscombe Zapf and my 1st ever New iPad. > Woohoo, I love it! > > On Aug 6, 2012, at 6:31 AM, jcu <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > THe report says "nicotene", it does not say "cigarettes" (which > > include > 4000 chemicals, > > 50 0f which are Class A carcinogens. > > > > "If you're a smoker, don't get too excited," said Gerald Weissmann, > M.D., Editor-in-Chief of The FASEB Journal. "Even if smoking protects > you from Parkinson's, you might not live long enough to develop the > disease because smoking greatly increases the risk for deadly cancers > and cardiovascular diseases. But now, we should be able find non-toxic > ways to hit the same target." > > > > I would also question the source on this one. Who is funding this > research. What is their ethical practice? > > > > I bet if you dig deep enough, you will find a link to the tobacco > industry on this one. > > > > FASEB is also a questionable org. > > > > joan > > (cg for Helen, 2001) > > > > > > > > On 2012-08-06, at 1:45 AM, Rayilyn Brown wrote: > > > >> Guess I never should have quit smoking 26 years ago > >> > >> > http://paktribune.com/news/Nicotine-protects-brain-from-Parkinsons-dis > ease-252118.html > >> > >> Ray > >> Rayilyn Brown > >> Past Director AZNPF > >> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> --- 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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