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Hi. Oddly, we must have seen different reports. Several PD Digest subscribers say that they saw a TV report praising CoEnzyme Co-Q10. The TV report that I saw (ABC Network News?), noted that an article in the New England Journal of Medicine reported that the heart muscle appears to be noticeably helped via a dosage (didn't say how over how long a stretch of time) of vitamins C & E at 20 times the US RDA amount. As for CoEnzyme Q10 -- It never fails to amaze me how these "exciting new findings" about CoEnzyme Q10 and other such supplements/enzymes/etc. "suddenly" hit the major news media, as though the information & research about these items was just now miraculously stumbled upon -- when, to the contrary, much research has already been done & written about them (usually in the "complementary medicine field" but often also in the established medical literature), going back quite some time. At least 1&1/2 years ago, for example, I started intensively seeking data on alternative methods of protecting/strengthening the heart, combatting PD, and more, and found, among other things, much good information recommending CoEnzyme Co-Q10 (also known as Ubiquinone) for the heart & circulatory system. It's also long been commonly claimed by many in the holistic health field that high (meaning substantially higher than the US RDA) doses of such vitamins as A, C, E, for example, can be very protective of & beneficial to good health (including the immune system too), and an important element in the body's ability to establish a barrier against cancer. Yet, as I recall, it was only perhaps 1 or 2 years ago that the American Cancer Society (or was it the AMA?) officially & for the first time came out in praise of this combination of vitamins for combatting cancer. My own research (as a laymen) also leads me to believe that CoEnzyme Co-Q10 can be very important for the heart. I've also already written, in various prior PD Digests, what I've learned about various other supplements etcetera that may, it has been claimed, be of benefit in neurodegenerative disorders such as PD. My suggestion for those who are interested is to do additional internet-searching on your own and, if possible, to report even a synopsis of your findings here in the PD Digest for all to consider. There are many good internet search-engines you can access, to collect that data, such as yahoo.com, altavista.com, infoseek,com, northernlight.com . But above all, I would say, from my own personal experience, do not wait for a report of some "amazing new finding" to trickle, laggardly, into the major media; search diligently (as I'm sure that many of you already are doing), be in the vanguard, and maybe some good new ideas will rapidly turn up. -- SJS 11/26/97