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Liz, Osteopaths for the most part are trained the same as allopaths (MD). There used to ba a turf war between MD's and DO's but to my knowledge that is pretty much gone. Allopathic residents are trained in the same residency programs side by side. The difference is largely historical. They believed that most disease could be treated with spinal manipulation but they practice scientific medicine now and manipulation plays a small part in their practice. Their knowledge of this in a scientific context may give them a slight advantage in PD treatment over and equally trained allopath. Charlie Elizabeth Southwood wrote: > > There is an article in today's New York Times about osteopaths. One of the > diseases it is mentioned that they treat is Parkinsons. It doesn't go into > any details about Parkinsons. Does anybody have any idea about what they do, > and what the results are? Liz S/ -- CHARLES T. MEYER, M.D. Middleton, WI [log in to unmask]