Margaret Tuchman wrote ( 10/7/96 ) <There is a1so a 1989 study <by Eatough, Kempster, Lees, & Stern which found that, compared with <controls, Parkinson patients were more inflexible AND HAD A SIGNIFICANTLY <HIGHER INCIDENCE OF ADVERSE CHILDHOOD LIFE EVENTS." Not for me, Margaret. I had a wonderful childhood. Will A. Kuipers ( Dallas, Texas ) ( 75 / dx '91 ) INTERNET:[log in to unmask]