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hi all At 13:33 1999/08/16 -0400, lanier wrote: >I copied this para from the times article, could someone explain to me >what exactly this means. What is "cognitive impairment" and what causes >it, PD itself, or the medications > >>The disease progresses at different rates in different people, and there >>is no way to predict how quickly Ms. Reno's condition will deteriorate. >>About one-quarter to one-third of all patients have cognitive >>impairment, but DR. Weiner says there is no evidence of this in Ms. >>Reno. >Lanier Maddux from what i've read: dementia tends to develop in approximately 30% of all people with parkinson's it is a permanent and progressive symptom of the disease dementia and cognitive impairment mean loss of touch with reality med-induced psychosis is a temporary side effect related to med intake and is reversible janet janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset snail-mail: PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada website: a new voice <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> e-mail: <[log in to unmask]>