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List-friends - Again, I think that the discussion about our numbers is so important that this is worth re-posting. Thank you, Dr. Winterkorn. Ivan S. On Sun, 6 Jun 1999 13:55:24 EDT "Jacqueline Winterkorn, PhD, MD" <[log in to unmask]> writes: >According to the recent authoritative review of PD in the New England >Journal >of Medicine [Lang and Lozano NEJM 339:1044-1053, 1998] Idiopathic PD >"affects >over 1 million people in North America." This estimate does not >include >people with Parkinson's plus or parkinsonism. The authors also point >out that >"Underdiagnosis is common; in recent door-to-door studies, up to 24% >of cases >were newly detected at the time of the survey." The authors report >that >"neurodegenerative diseases are projected to surpass cancer as the >second >most common cause of death among the elderly by the year 2040." >Jacqueline Winterkorn, PhD, MD ^^^^^^ WARM GREETINGS FROM ^^^^^^^^^^^^ :-) Ivan Suzman 49/39/36 [log in to unmask] :-) Portland, Maine land of lighthouses deg. F :-) ********************************************************************