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On Sun, 6 Apr 1997, Heather Elizabeth Baird wrote: > Learned people have been truing to discover the cause of > Parkinsons for years. The environment is suspected, but not > proven. The trouble is, that everyone exposed to a particular > polutant does not get Parkinsons. It is the same for certain > types of Cancer, like Lung Cancer and Skin Cancer. Everyone who > smokes does not get lung cancer, and everyone exposed to the sun > does not get skin cancer. NOT EVERYONE WHO EATS A HIGH FAT DIET WILL GET HEART DISEASE THERE IS A GENETIC PREDISPOSITION THEORY FOR PARKINSON'S DISEASE SHOWING AUTOSOMAL DOMINANCE - THE COMBINATION OF GENETIC PREDISPOSITION PLUS WHAT IS A POISON FOR YOU MAY BE THE ANSWER Everyones reaction seems to be > different. Myself, I smoked for 40 years, then quit for 2 years, > and did not get Parkinsons until I quit smoking, yet some smokers > do get Parkinsons. They claim that the reason that fewer smokers > get Parkinsons then non-smokers, is that smokers don't live long > enough to get Parkinsons. If exposure to chemicals is the cause, > then why do some people who are exposed get Parkinsons, and > others don't? > One thing I do notice about having Parkinsons, at least in my > case, I never get sick anymore. Before Parkinsons was diagnosed, > I got colds, the flu, and seemed to catch almost every virus > going around. Since I got Parkinsons, I never catch a virus. Is > this the case with anyone else? ONE OF THE DRUGS USED TO TREAT PARKINSONS IS AN ANTIVIRAL DRUG AS WELL.... > Anyway, this is a laymans opinion, is probably all wrong, but is > right for me, as I believe. I am a firm believer in believing > you can, as if you believe you can't, you sure can't. > signed Billy Baird ( [log in to unmask] ) > [log in to unmask]