Robin, The only hitch in an article like in Parade, it gives the public the idea that "everything is coming up roses" and one needn't be concerned so much any more! So many of the articles that come out about "medical break-throughs" give false hope and show very little of the pitfalls of real research! Especially with the individual characteristics of PD. Few outside of the patients themselves can believe that! However, we need the exposure, so we can't knock what we can get! Ruth Clark 67/9