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Just a little anecdote that might be of interest - when I lived in Cyprus in late 1960's, I met an old monk named Father Damianos, living in a mountain monastery. He was said to be over a hundred years old, and remembered as a boy holding the horse of the Turkish tax-collector who came to his village. (Turkish rule of Cyprus ended in 1878). He obviously had Parkinsons - strong tremors, and very weak quavery voice; but was still mentally alert, able to get around with a walking-stick, and participated in church services! He was a wellknown "personality", and enjoyed telling his recollections. I don't know whether he received any treatment for his Parkinsons. He was still alive in 1971, when I left Cyprus. So "Parkies" can live to over a hundred! Maybe the mountain air and the monastic life helped? Margaret Hayon