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From: ramikaminski <[log in to unmask]>
To: Barbara Patterson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 8:23 AM
Subject: Re: Welcome
Dear Barbara,
Thanks for the warm welcome. Allow me to introduce myself: I live in New York City. I am an MD and a neuropsychiatrist (yes, there is such a hybrid) by specialty. For many years (14) I ran the Serious and Persistent Mental Illness Center at Mount Sinai Hospital. I was appointed three and a half years ago to be the Medical Director of the NY State Office of Mental Health which oversees all mental health related issues in our State. My interest in PD came many years ago when my father was diagnosed. In 1986 I also joined the Movement disorders center at Sinai and have been working since with Drs. Yahr and Olanow as a neuropsychiatric consultant. As a son of a PWP, (and importantly, a son of a most devoted caregiver, my mother) I have had the humbling opportunity to experience PD far from my academic Ivory Tower which I believe gave me a much more rounded understanding of our plight. I actually was a member of the list but dropped out two years ago when my father passed away (at the age of 85, in his sleep and unrelated to his PD). Now I feel strong enough to join again. I am eagerly anticipating to learn from the list members.
Here is my first question: Does anyone have any experience with Budipine (a German medication purported to alleviate tremors in PD?)
Thanks, Rami
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From: Barbara Patterson <[log in to unmask]>
To: Rami Kaminski <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sunday, May 09, 1999 9:39 PM
Subject: Welcome
Dear Rami:
Welcome to the PARKINSN list. Please send a message to the list
(if you want to) introducing yourself and any Parkinson's-related
topics you would like.
Let me introduce myself. I am a secretary for six faculty members
in the School of Nursing, McMaster University. In September, 1992,
I was diagnosed as having Parkinson's...hence my interest in this
list.
I have appended the guide below this message. I hope you enjoy
your involvement with the PARKINSN list.
Barb
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The PARKINSN Guide
HOW TO POST A MESSAGE TO PARKINSN:
send mail message to: [log in to unmask]
HOW TO INTERACT WITH THE LISTSERVER:
Below is the URL where you can find the Listserv overview document and
application form, and the list owner and the list subscriber guides.
These documents are quite clearly written and are full of helpful
commands. For example, detailed in the subscriber guide is the nomail
command which can be set when you are on vacation and do not want to
receive list mail.
http://www.utoronto.ca/~ic/listserv/index.html
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FINDING INFORMATION IN PARKINSON ARCHIVES
(by John Cottingham)
1. The Caregiver's Handbook is now online in an indexed version.
2. The Parkinsn's Archive Treasure Page also has links to the Current Topics page
which has all of the articles and studies, sought after by all.
3. The Algorithm for the Management of Parkinson's is also on the Parkinsn's
Archive Treasure Page, as well as Dr. Rick Stell's informative lecture given at
the Perth conference, Demystifying the Neurological Examination for
Parkinson's.
4. Last but not least is the link to the Parkinsn's Drug DataBase.
5. The link to the Parkinsn's Archive Treasure Page which contains all of the
above, can be found at:
http://www.ionet.net/~jcott/homepage/index.html
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The Parkinsn Archives are searchable online, courtesy of Simon Coles, at:
http://james.parkinsons.org.uk
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