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Neurosurgeon, Robert Iaconon, MD, will be on AOL message area called FRIDAY @ 4 ET. Here is the message: >Subj: READ THIS: Backgrounder >Date: 95-05-11 21:58:31 EDT >From: JenRogers ABC's Primetime, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal have all recently featured the radical approaches to Parkinson's Disease taken by Robert P. Iacono MD, Asociate Professor of Neurosurgery at Loma Linda University Medical Center, in California. Dr. Iacono and his Movement Disorders Team have pioneered pallidotomy, a surgical procedure that can relieve tremor and restore mobility in Type A Parkinson's. And their work on brain chemistry has led them to use drugs aggressively in the treatment of the condition; they maintain that many Parkinson's patients in the country today are "pathetically undermedicated," and may be receiving a useless or even harmful mix of drugs. Dr. Iacono will join members of Friday@4ET in the ABC Beta Odeon on May 12 to take questions and comments about current revolutions in neuroscience and surgery, especially in Parkinson's Disease. With him will be Tony Schoonenberg, Coordinator and Patient Education Specialist on the Loma Linda Movement Disorders team, himself a Parkinson's patient for the past nine years. Keyword: FRIDAY ===================================== There is a message area where one can leave messages for Dr. Iacono to answer. This is happening today. Take advantage of the opportunity. Regards, Alan Bonander