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foiled again!! What Dr Montgomery has invented is a sham game. It is just another diagnostic tool to find happy people who moght be developing PD and turn them into unhappy people who know their future illness. Of course they will buy whatever the drug companies say will slow the deterioration. People like this are good for business -they will stick around, they can pay their medical bills and drug bills, and they dont fill up the hospitals. Do I see a humbug? Anne On Tue, 25 May 1999, Brian Collins wrote: > On Mon 24 May, Anne Rutherford wrote: > > An interesting proposal or is it that far? > > > > would the game be like Monopoly with drug companies owning > > a new drug instead of Park Placeand buying the rights for a drug in china > > instead of hotels. > > > > Or would it be like Snakes and Ladders --- a good vision report----- > > go up the Ladder to square 22. > > OR----- > > Constipation strikes again------Go down the snake to square 9. > > > > Anne > > > > Who needs snakes - we could have Snake oil Salesmen ! > - Brian Collins > > > > > > On Sat, 22 May 1999, Hans van der Genugten wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > This article is dated in 1995/96!! > > > Anyone ever heard of this video game before ?? > > > Is this still being developed/researched ?? > > > Who can tell more about this video game ?? > > > > > > Hans. > > > > > > > > > Parkinson's Video Game > > > > > > REPORT: TB:TC #1018 > > > > > > A SHAKY ENDING: Parkinson’s disease is a chronic, degenerative disorder that > > > causes progressive damage to nerve cells in the brain. These destroyed nerve > > > cells once produced a chemical called dopamine. Without the presence of > > > dopamine in the brain, the body’s movement, speech, swallowing, even > > > breathing can be affected. One common symptom of Parkinson’s disease is > > > uncontrollable tremors in the hands and face. The disease most commonly > > > strikes people over the page of fifty and affects about three of every 100 > > > individuals over age sixty. There is no cure for Parkinson’s but if it is > > > caught early, drug therapy can slow the progression of the disease. > > > According to Erwin Montgomery, M.D., director of the Movement Disorders > > > Program at University of Arizona College of Medicine, “.if we can diagnose > > > Parkinson’s very early, before any symptoms are present, and treat these > > > patients with new medications available, we may be able to prevent or delay > > > them from ever becoming disabled.” > > > > > > WARNING SIGNS THAT SHOULD BE FOLLOWED UP BY A PHYSICIAN: > > > > > > * Impaired sense of smell > > > * Unexplained depression > > > * A slight tremor in one hand, arm or leg, especially at rest. > > > > > > PAC MAN AND PARKINSON’S: A neurologist at the University of Arizona in > > > Tucson has developed a battery of tests that may soon provide a simple, > > > low-cost, objective approach to diagnosing Parkinson’s disease. The series > > > of screenings include a questionnaire that measures depression, a > > > scratch-and-sniff test that measures sense of smell and a new video game > > > that measures wrist movement. The first two tests can diagnose Parkinson’s > > > with 80 percent accuracy. The addition of the new video game boosts the > > > accuracy rate to over 90 percent. Although many diseases can affect a person > > > ’s motor function, sense of smell or mood, Parkinson’s disease may be the > > > only disorder that produces abnormalities in all three tests. Scores can > > > range between 0-1. A person with Parkinson’s disease will score.5 or under. > > > A normal individual will score closer to 1. > > > > > > NOT AVAILABLE IN VIDEO STORES YET: Dr. Erwin Montgomery, creator of the > > > Parkinson’s video game and a national authority on Parkinson’s disease, says > > > the tests are probably about two years away from becoming widely available. > > > They plan to conduct further testing on normal individuals to confirm > > > earlier results. So far, the UA study has tested 67 individuals without > > > Parkinson’s disease; 33 with mild or newly diagnosed Parkinson’s disease; > > > seven patients with visible tremors and several other patients with rare > > > forms of Parkinson’s disease and other neurological disorders. A second > > > study, at the University of Kansas Medical Center, will include 150 > > > participants. Dr. Montgomery envisions his battery of tests being as routine > > > during an annual physical exam as a mammogram or cholesterol check. He > > > estimates his series of tests would cost about $50. > > > > > > FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: > > > University of Arizona > > > College of Medicine > > > 1501 North Campbell Avenue > > > Tucson, Arizona > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Brian Collins <[log in to unmask]> > >