hi ron and brian brian wrote: >>...Ron responded to my first issue of this note >>with a lengthy account which I suspect came >>straight out of the drug makers press release. >>It makes my point nicely which is that until >>proven by clinical tests, the sort of high-sounding claims >>quoted by Ron are best regarded as waffle or flute music... and then ron wrote: >... words were from the 52-page supplement 10, >An Algorithm for the Management of Parkinson's Disease, >December 1994 volume 44 of Neurology... >..."Up and Coming Medical Therapies for Parkinson's Disease" >with this being the title of the lead cover article by >Matthias Kurth, MD, PhD... since i have copies of both articles in my own 'archives' i thought i would re-post them for everyone's benefit i've inserted the code BX: [meaning 'basics'] in the subject headers for easy retrieval from the archives at simon coles' website: <http://james.parkinsons.uk.org> f.y.i. codes that i have used in other postings include: PD: = parkinson's disease EP: = epilepsy AD: = alzheimer's disease DX: = diagnosis CD: = clinical depression PMID: = abstract published in PubMed NEWS: = article published in daily press Brain: Hormones: GDNF: etc your archyologycal sys janet janet [log in to unmask]