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I've received several suggestions to email my commentary about the recent "20/20" segment about brain stim surgery as done in France and will, of course, be happy to edit it to include a reference to the fact that pallidotomies are now being done regularly. Does anyone have an email address for ABC or 20/20? Or a URL to a "20/20" Web Site? Seems to me that I recall seeing one listed at the tail end of the credits. I'll report back to the list if and when I get a response. Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange On Behalf Of Judith Richards Sent: Saturday, April 12, 1997 4:59 PM To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN Subject: Re: 20/20 At 04:14 12/04/97 -0400, Ronald Carrell wrote: >To Barbara M. > Right on !!! I would like you to forward that letter to ABCNEWS.com. >Keep it up. I especially enjoy your knack of getting your point across >with dry humor. This type of mis-information sets our cause for funding >and research back to the beginning. Atta Go!! I agree! However, I think we should ALL write to ABC. I also saw the 20/20 segment on Parkinson's. To air an article so poorly researched and misleading is bad enough, but to air it on our first World Parkinson's Day (and without even mentioning this special occasion) has done us all a disservice. DBS is also being done in Canada. Besides the incorrect information that Barb mentioned was the doctor's statement that pallidotomies are only performed on one side. We know that to be untrue also. Judith <[log in to unmask]>