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HI BOB, Thanks for the up-to-date data. I am not glad to hear that but it certainly goes along with my intuition. And its good to have it documented for political reasons. Charlie robert l dolezal wrote: > Charlie wrote: > > So technically nobody tie of PD they die of the complications of PD. Also PD > does not seem to materially shorten life - which goes against intuition since > many of us have seen people die who wouldn't have died if they didn't have PD. > > The article on PD by Lang and Lozano in the October 8, 1998 NEJofM, states > as follows: "The impact of the disease is indicated by the fact that > mortality is two to five times as high ammong affected persons as among > age-matched controls, resulting in a marked reduction in life expectancy." > And, later, "Thus, Parkinson's disease greatly shortens life as well as > causing debility during life." > > Bob Dolezal -- ****************************************************************************************** Charles T. Meyer, M.D. Middleton (Madison), Wisconsin [log in to unmask] ******************************************************************************************