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At 11:35 am 24/09/96 -0400, Barbara Blake-Krebs wrote: >Ali recently started Artane. His wife said some doctors are now theorizing >that Ali's PD was NOT caused by his boxing and would have occurred anyhow. This is something I have wondered about for some time. All boxers receive many blows to the head, yet how many do we know have developed Parkinson's as a result? Because Ali was so agile and quick, would it be reasonable to assume that he might not have been hit as often, or was it just that one punch in a particular spot? My own theory is that we with Parkinson's have a predisposition, and at some point in our lives, something triggers it. I grew up in a rural area and drank well water, as did my brothers and sisters. I am the only one in my family who never smoked. I was poisoned by coal gas fumes, as were my younger brother and my mother, but only I have Parkinson's??? Hmmmmmmmmm... Judith