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At 12:46 PM 4/12/97 -0400, you wrote: >Dear Listmembers, > >This is a third request for volunteers to participate in a nutrition >study on Parkinson's disease. As of now, I have eighteen study >participants, but would like more > >In last year's 2nd Quarter Parkinson Report, Dr. Gerald McIntosh, a >neurologist in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, coauthored with Dr. M.H. >Thaut a report on a study using music therapy to help people with PD to >initiate movement. > >As some of you are aware, Dr. McIntosh and I have been attempting to >locate funds to study the nutritional status of people with PD. That >funding is now in place and we are seeking volunteers for the study. > >Study participants will be asked to commit to two visits to Dr. >McIntosh's office in Fort Collins. Participants will also be asked to >complete a detailed three-day food record, a list of all medications >currently used, and will be encouraged to have a blood test, although >the blood test is not mandatory. All services are free to study >participants, except for the blood test--some insurers will pay, others >will not. > >I will analyze the food record, study all medications used, medical >history, and blood test, and report on my findings. I will provide >appropriate nutrition counseling to all study participants. > >It is my hope that at least 50 people will participate. To be >statistically significant the study must be fairly large, although a >small study will still be helpful. > >To that end, I hope that people with Parkinson's in the general areas of >Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska will sign up for the study. May I ask >that those of you who belong to PD support groups please pass the >information on to your groups? > >To sign up for the study, contact: > >Gerald McIntosh, M.D. >1247 Riverside Avenue >Fort Collins CO 80524 >Tel: 970-482-4373 >Fax: 970-484-5682 > >I hope to see some of you in the coming weeks! > >Best regards, >Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD > > >-- >Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD >Editor-in-Chief, >"Spotlight on Food--nutrition news for people 60-plus" >Tel: 970-493-6532 Fax: 970-493-6538 >http://www.fortnet.org/~fivstar >You may wish to contact: >Better Business Bureau of the Mountain States, >< [log in to unmask]> >for further information. > kathrynne holden my self and my cg. has learned yrs ago music helps to move and walk. as we dance to slow music. but when it stops i want to fall down so she holds me by my belt. we live in lima,ohio. 2440 lakewood [log in to unmask] it does help. for 2yrs. email me or write me don mckinley. I.Y.Q.