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Ida Kamphuis wrote: > > Marjorie and others, > > We all would be very happy to know the cause of PD. Till that time every > treatment is more or less a mere trial because whatever causes our disease > has not disappeared. Epidemological research is done in the past. I have a > sort of abstract from 1982. One in seven patients start between 30 and 40 > years of age. PD exists everywhere in it seems about the same percentage > with an exception for black Americans and South-Africans which seem to be a > little less susceptible. The only "environmental" factor that is found > consistently is : Smokers have much less chance to become a parkie than not > smokers (I never smoked and sometimes this story can be a comfort for > people whose nicotine addiction is to strong to let them stop.) > Now a tendency is reported: sometimes people in the countryside should be a > little more prone than people in the city. > Combining this two things I can not help getting the suspicion that the > fumes of the city are protecting. > Parkinson himself, who for the first time described the disease, did so in > 1817. > If Parkinson can be caused by modern pollution this can't be the only > responsible faktor. >dless amount) showed up. My neighbour has told often about their life in > Suriname. They had a farm and growed nearly all their own food without > chemicals. > So unfortunately we don't come nearer to a solution. > > Ida Kamphuis > Holland I do not believe the believe about nicotine and PD...my cousin and his father(my uncle) died of PD and both were smokers.... Regards, -- +----| Joao Paulo de Carvalho |------ + | [log in to unmask] | +--------| Salvador-Bahia-Brazil |------+