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Heather Elizabeth Baird wrote:
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> Like, thanks for the excellent reply, Jimmy, eh?  Doesn't
> everyones name end in a 'y' ?  Yes, you are correct in all your
> diagnosis methods, except you missed the most important one of
> all.  That one is belief.  If you believe that the Sinemet will
> not work, it won't, no matter what illness you do or don't have.
> That is why the Placebo works so well so often, it is not the
> drug, but the belief that works.  We still do not understand the
> mind, for example, can we, by just believing, cure an illness?
> Anyway, that is my two cents worth, not here much these days,
> just too busy to remember that I have PD.  That reminds me, why
> do we call it a disease?  If you have cancer, you don't say I
> have cancer disease.  If you have Aids, you don't say I have Aids
> Disease.  But if you have Parkinsons, you say, I have Parkinsons
> Disease!?
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james parkinson first described in some medical journal back in the
1870s,thus securing his place in medical history.as a result it is his
disease as well as ours.lucky for him he didn't discover diarrhea
ned b