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I would be very interested to know how much of this research and how much of this conference was funded by tobacco companies, or their agents. Still, it's worth researching, certainly. Independently. -- garyZ I'll be taking a vacation, and setting this list to NOMAIL for a week so I don't come back to 1000 messages :-) ================================================= NICOTINE'S GOOD SIDE: TREATING BRAIN DISEASES SUMMARY Nicotine - that notorious culprit linked to concer and heart disease - may have a redeeming quality. Small-scale clinical trials have found evidence that nicotine-based compounds, including the nicotine patches used to control smoking, may be effective in alleviating serious brain disorders such as Alzheimers and Parkinson's diseases and schizophrenia.................. Several preliminary studies presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco indicated that nicotine-based therapy can improve cognition in people with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases and schizophrenia. The compounds studied were targeted nicotine analogs, the nicotine patches currently marketed for smoking cessation and formulations......