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> >Tonight on the local news, there was a report on pd research (sorry, I >missed the who/where part). 63 'young' parkinsonians were involved. The >results indicate that people who are diagnosed with pd at a relatively >young age live in rural areas..exposure to pesticides, etc. and are >non-smokers. I have pd, have always lived in the same town (pop. 25,000) >and smoke A LOT. Am I the exception? Do others on the list with pd meet >the criteria? Have the health care professionals on the list found this >to be true? > >============================================================================ >Barbara Patterson [log in to unmask] >HSC 2J22 905-525-9140, ext. 22403 > School of Nursing >============================================================================ > > This is not new data but has been compiled from a number of studies including those of Dr. Ali Rajput (in Saskatchewan) and a number of other researchers in the states who discovered similar findings. Remember that these findings reflect tendencies and not absolutes. i.e. although there are relatively more PD patients in rural areas, PD is still common in urban areas -----likewise with smoking. Some of the claims have been quite controversial and some studies that followed seemed to refute initial claims. The idea that the suspected increase in PD in the rural population is only a theory and has never been proven. --