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I certainly didn't mean that because my Dad didn't fit the mold that it was not possible. Just wasn't the case in this one instance of PD. Nancy Walker [log in to unmask] >Nancy, > I can't argue with what you've seen with your own eyes. Let me >throw into the pot, however, a couple of other references I found when I >wrote a paper on PD as a part of my Ph.D. program a couple of years ago. > > It has been speculated that nicotine or some other constituent of >tobacco reduces the build-up of free radicals within dopaminergic neurones >(Lees, A. J., 1990. the behavioural neurology of PD. In G. Stern, Ed., >Parkinson's Disease, pp. 389-414. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press) > > In fact, it has been found that Parkinson's patients are not only at >lower risk of cancers related to smoking, but also of cancer in general >(McKeigue, P. M. & Marmot, M.G., 1990. epidemiology of PD. same book as >above, pp. 295-306) >