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Ohhh NOOOOO, Dennis! Does... does.... does THIS mean that no matter what we CALL it, we STILL have Parkinson's Dis.. Disea....(come on Barbie, you can do it - just type the damn word and get on with yer life!) DISEASE??? (provided we don't have a true Parkinson's Syndrome?) Barb Mallut (who doesn't care what it's called, but DOES wish there was a cure for it) [log in to unmask] ---------- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange on behalf of Dennis Greene Sent: Saturday, August 15, 1998 8:19 PM To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN Subject: Who did it? Ok -Own up - Who did it? Who allowed that Disease word into the language. Just because people happen to have a particular kind of unhealthy condition of body doesn't mean we have to go giving that set of circumstances a name. Especially such a nasty, elitist one. Syndrome has such a nice ring to it - but lets check it out first - hum - ah here it is : Syndrome: Concurrent symptoms in................AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! **************************************************************************** Syndrome: Concurrent symptoms in disease; characteristic combination of opinion, behaviour, etc. Disease: Unhealthy condition of body, mind, plant, or some part thereof, illness, sickness; particular kind of this with special symptoms or location. Source: "The Concise Oxford Dictionary" **************************************************************************** ** Dennis +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dennis Greene 48/11 [log in to unmask] http://members.networx.net.au/~dennisg/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++