Current Parkinson's Topics by E-Mail Welcome new subscribers! Everything ever discussed on the Parkinsn list is in our archives. Periodically, a message called, "New Parkinsn Archives Information by E-mail" is posted on the Parkinsn list. "New Parkinsn Archives Information by E-mail" gives instructions on the kinds of searches available, examples, and information on how to request them. Many of you have learned about the Parkinsn list from friends or reading the Wall Street Journal and New York Times articles about pallidotomy. This message gives answers on how to directly use the Parkinsn archives and get information NOW while you are "coming up to speed". Finding Answers to Frequently Asked Questions: Msg length ARTICLES New Study links Eldepryl/Deprynl With increased 62 Mortality Article on Information on Aging 281 Young Onset PD 129 Medicare/Medicaid...Congress wants your Home/Car 104 Finding information in Parkinson Archives by E-mail 563 Getting the Most out of the Parkinsn List 244 Tai Chi Exercise Reduces Falling in the Elderly 59 Wall Street Journal article on pallidotomy 409 News on the Parkinson's Front 627 The Scientist: Brainstorms Abound At NIH's NINDS 94 More: Physics and PD 252 Drugs: From Compound to Pharmacy 177 What Parkinsonians Should Know About Social Security Disability Insurance 369 Disability Eval. under Social Security PT 1 359 Disability Eval. under Social Security PT 2 741 Incontinence: What the Algorithm has to say, and More 381 ADL and UPDRS Role in PD Treatment 486 Pallidotomies or Thalamotomy on an Outpatient Basis? 190 Chinese Influences in Western Medicine 154 Can't Remember Your Name...How About Singing? 82 RESTLESS LEGS, PART 1 105 RESTLESS LEGS, PART 2 112 RESTLESS LEGS, PART 3 30 RESTLESS LEGS, PART 4 45 Confusion , Cold Intolerance, Constipation...How i+ 33 Ability to regulate eating declines in elderly 87 New Dystonic Tremor Case Study by list-member, T. Davis 38 Informaton on Aging 281 Mouse Gene May Lead To Clues by M.A.J. McKenna 96 Surgery and transplants show new promise: by Judy + 257 PALLIDOTOMY; A chance for a normal life by M.A.J. + 119 Listmember Quoted in Toronto Pallidotomy Article 89 WORLD-WIDE PARKINSONS CHATTING INFORMATION Parkinsons Chat Room 176 Parkinsons Chat Channel Update 239 Getting from AOL to the Undernet Parkinsons channel 48 PD HUMOR Wednesday PD-humor By David Boots 120 HUMOR: Sinemet chain-letter 47 can't get it up (a twisted pair variation on an ol+ 41 Fred Turner 33 PALLIDOTOMY INFORMATION PALLIDOTOMY FOLLOW-UP STUDY M. Dogali, E. Fazzini,E. Kolodny Pallidotomy Follow-up 177 STIMULATION, (PALLID AND THALAMIC) INFORMATION STIM Clinical Trials in Progress Thalamic Stimulation at Vanderbilt, Dr. Thomas Davis 14 Breaking News, Dr. W.C. Koller/Busenbark Pallid STIM 106 Technical Details, Patient Selection Thalamic Stimulation System 136 Thalamic Stimulation System (part 2) 91 Thalamic Stimulation System (part 3) 90 Deep Brain Stimulation References 294 Don Sandstrom's Thalmic Stimulation Experiences 99 CONTENTS OF CURRENT RESEARCH STUDIES What is Parkinson's Disease and how is it treated? 652 What is Essential Tremor (ET) and how is it treated? 652 What is Shy-Drager Syndrome (SDS) and how is it treated? 305 What is SupraNuclear Palsy (SNP) and how is it treated? 289 What is Multiple System Atrophy (MSA)? 305 What is StriatoNigral Degeneration (SND) and how is it treated? 305 What is OlivoPontoCerebellar Atrophy (OPCA) and how is 310 it treated? 289 What is CorticoBasal Ganglionic Degeneration (CBGD) and how is it treated? 305 What is Diffuse Lewy Body Disease (DLBD)? 305 What symptoms may or may not be present in Parkinsonism Plus Syndromes? Table 3. 289 Adverse Reactions to Sinemet CR in the Elderly : Joseph 522 Drug-Induced & Tardive Movement Disorders Gwen M. Vernon 568 Tremor: by Marjorie M. Gillespie 522 Dose-response Relationship of Levodopa/Mood/Anxiety 48 A Study of Hereditary Essential Tremor Bain et al.Pt 1 32 A Study of Hereditary Essential Tremor Bain et al.Pt 2 733 A Study of Hereditary Essential Tremor Bain et al.Pt 3 705 A Study of Hereditary Essential Tremor Bain et al.Pt 4 689 DIET Dietary Factors in the Management of Parkinson's Disease 762 Re: Fava Beans! 42 Re: FAVA BEANS 58 Eating Fava Beans in Old San Francisco 30 Three Fava Bean Recipes 129 Mailorder sources for Dry Fava Beans 75 Favism, Faba, Sinemet and Parkinson's 105 DRUG TRIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS NIH Study on Slowing or Stopping PD Progression 130 NINDS Studying Postmenopausal Estrogen Replacement+ 157 PARKINSON'S PLUS DISEASE ETIOLOGY AND DIAGNOSIS PD & PD+ Syndromes by Mark Stacy/J. Jankovic Part 1 289 PD & PD+ Syndromes by Mark Stacy/J. Jankovic Part 2 310 PD & PD+ Syndromes by Mark Stacy/J. Jankovic Part 3 305 PD & PD+ Syndromes by Mark Stacy/J. Jankovic Part 4 255 RECOGNITION AND TREATMENT OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE Recog/Treat of Early PD & Other Tremor Disorders by Mark Stacy/D. Brownlee 652 NEW MEDICINAL APPROACHES TO TREATING PARKINSON'S-STUDY NADH--a new therapeutic approach to Parkinson's disease by Birkmayer JGD 233 MEDICATIONS USED IN THE TREATMENT OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE Medications in PD 424 Medications in PD - II 540 Quick PD Drug Glossary 99 Constipation Protocol 268 Corrections to Constipation protocol 24 CONTENTS OF ABSTRACTS IN THE ARCHIVE What Is DHEA? 282 What is Melatonin and How Is It Helpful? 140 NIH Grant to design and synthesize Co-factor of TH 72 Vitamins E and C, Useful in Parkinson's? 247 Gastrointestinal Problems Encountered With PD 132 Does It Take You a Little Longer to Think Now? 136 Are Melonomas Activated by Carbidopa/Levodopa? 33 Has Aluminum Been Implicated in PD? 583 Are Environmental Factors Implicated in PD? 269 GM1, An Elixir of Life for a Damaged Dopamninergic+ 256 Cisapride References 128 Deep Brain Stimulation References 294 A Relationship between Diabetes and PD? 111 fava beans and Mucuna pruriens Natural L-dopa in t+ 207 Cerebral Palsy with parkinsonian symptoms References 78 Essential Tremor: Another use for GM-1 ganglioside? 43 The 2 1/2 Hour Erection..How To..or..Not To 477 Ganglioside GM1 181 RESOURCES How do I make a Parkinson Alert ID Card which lists the medications I take and drugs that can hurt me? 133 Care-Giver Handbook 1/5 444 Care-Giver Handbook 2/5 454 Care-Giver Handbook 3/5 462 Care-Giver Handbook 4/5 447 Care-Giver Handbook 5/5 460 Algorithm for Managing Parkinson's Disease 1/4 633 Algorithm for Managing Parkinson's Disease 2/4 545 Algorithm for Managing Parkinson's Disease 3/4 506 Algorithm for Managing Parkinson's Disease 4/4 477 Blue Glasses Tech Info 91 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You are now ready to order messages from the Parkinsn archive at [log in to unmask] Prepare a message to: [log in to unmask] Put Current Topic Request on the subject line. In the body of the message put the titles of the archive messages that you wish to receive. Send the message. In a short while, the requested will be in your mailbox. PRINTING NOTES Many of the messages and studies contain information is columns. Print the messages using a non-proportional font. This will allow the items in columns, to line up. DEJA VU? WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? When the listserv program changed, March 27th, the archives while still being updated daily at the UTORONTO, became unsearchable due to lack of software. The job language tools, and the gopher, went away like the hula hoop. I found commercial software that I could run on my upgraded machine that could have provided the list with the features, many of us missed in using the 'old' archives. The only drawback was cost. Clearances to request assistance in sharing this cost through pledges, was not available. Not being dismayed, Jim Laurent, an 'Honorary Parkinsonian' and myself wrote a program in a couple of weeks to duplicate most, if not all of the advanced features of the listserv database program that would work with the logfiles created by the L-Soft listserv program. The parkinsn logfiles from our inception as well as those finished weekly at Thursday, midnight, reside on my machine. This volunteer effort, along with developing a new tool, makes it possible for the "Current Topics...." message to 'rise from the ashes'. John Cottingham To search the Parkinsn archive, send search requests to [log in to unmask] with Archive Search as the subject. LibraryH Search of the Subject: line, From: line and Body are possible. Look for "Current Topics...." message for [log in to unmask] Articles and Studies available by e-mail.