A big thanks to all who have helped me find this server and the instructions on posting messages to the system. What I would really like to know more about is if any of your have heard about the use of Human Growth Hormone to treat PD. I talked to a Dr. Chein in Palm Springs who claims that treatment with Human Growth Hormone (450mg/kg) is as effective as Fetal Implant treatments with 30% of patients not seeing any improvement. Have any of you hear of this? Also I have read where Nerve Growth Factor, which apparently is present during earlier years when the nervous system is still developing, has shown promising results in other neurological disorders. Thank you for your response, Rick Hansen [log in to unmask]