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Hi, Our PD support group in Jerusalem had a salesman talk last night about magnetic stimulation using a German system called the Bemer 3000 that they sell here in Israel for $2075. I have been following your CSR indexes since 3/98 and noticed several references there to this approach which is unfamiliar to me. What do you know about this approach?The salesman emphasized that this is a mainstream medical approach and not to be classified as untested alternative medicine. He cited a paper by R.Sandyk of the NeuroCommunication Research Labs.,Danbury,CT 06811 entitled "Treatment of Parkinson's Disease with magnetic fields reduces the requirement for antiparkinsonian medications," Int. J Neurosci,74(1-4): 191-201 Jan-Feb 1994.There,the use of extracranial treatment with extremely weak magnetic fields showed significant improvement in motor performance including levodopa-induced motor complications.This therapy is suggested as a substitute for drug therapy.Nonmotor improvements noticed included mood,cognitive functions,sleep,pain,appetite,autonomic functions and sexual functions. results are cited for a 69 year old PWP. However results were not available for a large sample of PWPs. Sounds too good to be true. Warm regards. Gil Lieberman,CG for Aliza,dx PD 2/95,dx MSA 10/97