hello to richard henderson you wrote: >Dear Mr.Cottingham, >I am currently researching information for the Awakenings Website >(http://www.parkinsonsdisease.com) >The website is dedicated to Parkinsons Disease. > >It aims to provide a discussion forum for the dissemination and >exchange of up-to-date information and ideas, in order to help >increase the understanding and management of this condition. > >The site is intended for use by everyone with an interset in PD, >and includes a Specialist Section which provides information for >physicians and specialists who are involved with the clinical >management of patients with PD. > >I am connected to the Parkinsons Discussion Group and recieved >your comprehensive list. > >I would like to obtain your permission to publish this list in >our Specialist Section. >This would allow doctors to freely access this information, >thereby helping reduce the risk of drug combinations affecting >treatment of Parkinsons Disease. > >We would obviously acknowledge you as the source of this information. >Yours Sincerely >Richard Henderson >Franklin Scientific Projects while you appear to have quite fully described the aims and purposes and intentions of the parkinsonsdisease.com website, i find it interesting that the sponsoring drug manufacturer i.e. the financial backer [?] is not mentioned, nor the list of contributor names could you provide more information about the commercial aspects of the site e.g. how the sponsors expect to recoup their investment in it? [ .com being the url designation for 'commercial'] several of the site's contributors are already members of the Parkinson's Disease Information Exchange [to give our favourite list its formal title] i admit to being a bit intrigued as to why this obvious connection was not mentioned in a posting to this list this is not criticism, just my usual curiosity your cyber-sibling janet janet [log in to unmask]