Subject:Dr.Diane Kelsall to the group July 13, 1998 From: Dr.Diane Kelsall <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Thank you [written 7/13/98] Thank you all for your overwhelming response to my request for quotes for the informed article (Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences). Thank you for sharing your thoughts and feelings, so freely. Unfortunately, not every quote can be included in the article, but I will be developing a summary of the quotes (anonymously) for our faxback service for physicians. The issue will be coming out in September and will be posted on the ICES website at http://www.ices.on.ca. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well folks ... it came out and I missed it ... this post is for others who may have participated and missed the issue coming out.......... The Informed Newsletter Current Issue - September 98 *Get Up and Go - Identifying Risk Factors and Preventing Falls in Elderly Patients *Parkinson's Disease: Update on Diagnosis and Treatment Drug Therapies for Parkinson's Disease "Getting Parkinson's is like getting old before you're supposed to." This document originally appeared in the informed newsletter, Vol. 4 No. 4, September 1998. *Clinical Shorts The Periodic Health Exam for Older Persons *The Rule of Five: Polypharmacy in the Elderly http://www.ices.on.ca/docs/informed.htm Our thanks to neurologist and movement disorders specialist, Dr. Mark Guttman for his assistance with this article and to the members of the --> Parkinson's Disease Information Exchange Network <-- and the Parkinson's Foundation (Ont.) for their contributions. Additional information on this subject is available: Drug Therapies for Parkinson's Disease Parkinson's Stories All the above found here: http://www.ices.on.ca/ Your cyber sis, Gail Vass