Replying to Carolyn (ccaine), I have put together a 5-page "Parkinson's 101" summary, and have collected 15 key journal articles to attach to it. It was done for a client (I'm a medical researcher trying to empower and inform patients). I can send it along to people who can pay the $67.50 fee, but perhaps the preferable thing to do would be to simply answer any questions anybody had. Please either e-mail me your questions, (Wyc Grousbeck, AOL: WGrousbeck, Compuserve: 74671,2404) or call 415-851-5900, or post here. I am NOT an MD, but I am a patient-parent myself, with three degrees, an exec in the biotech/surgical industry by day, and quite able to perform solid, informative medical research. Many of my clients themselves are physicians at Stanford Univ... Best, Wyc