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Actually, I looked at the site and wondered what on earth it was about. There are many places one can get medline, etc.. I did not go any further and deleted it. you are probably right. I don't know either, but it the posted is monitoring the list perhaps he/she would like to explain what this is about. He may be completely honest, just needs to explain or stop posting. Nita Simon Coles wrote: > OK people, I'm going to tread carefully here.... but I thought I > would share with you some suspicions I have about this message, in > the hope that it will help people make their own minds up about > what's trustworthy and what isn't. > > Based on my observations, I believe there is a chance that the person > who posted this message joined this list under an assumed name to > promote his site, http://www.GH2000.com/, a commercial enterprise. > > Why do I have a problem with that? No problem people creating web > sites to make money. No problem if someone joins a list, contributes, > is honest about who they are, and if they mention their site they do > so in a relevant context. > > Joining a list under an assumed name, and whenever someone mentions > web sites posting a generic ad for your site.... I don't think that's > cricket. For two reasons: > - honesty and transparency are important, especially on a medical list > - if incidents like this become more prevalent, PARKINSN will become > a serious of people asking reasonable questions and getting back > adverts in response > > OK, so why am I suspicious of this particular post? > - its in response to a question, doesn't really answer it > - the poster is using a free email account (in this case, from Excite) > - there's no user profile setup on Excite > - Searching the archives, the only other post this person has made to > the list was also to promote this site, on 9th Oct. 1999 > - The 9th Oct. posting was signed "Milton Hass , M.D., Chief of > Surgery, Princess Grace Hospital". I remember thinking at the time > why on earth would a "Chief of Surgery" post to PARKINSN, and if he > did, why *only* about a rather second rate web site, rather than > something to do with Parkinson's? Surely someone with that amount > of expertise would have something interesting to say and be happy > to share it with us? Or if they want to keep a low profile, why > boast about their medical title & position? > - searching various sites, I couldn't find any other mention of > "Milton Hass" or [log in to unmask] anywhere else on the Internet > - the textual formatting is terrible (a common feature of most spam, > don't know why) > - the URL that's given is "http:www.GH2000.com" which isn't something > that would copy from a web browser - it would start "http://". So > it was typed in manually. If he was recommending a site he'd used, > wouldn't he cut & paste? > - the actual site smacks of marketing more than substance. > > The frustrating thing is there are many ways that this enterprise > could contribute to the community, and make more money with less > effort. Unfortunately "Internet Marketing" courses and advice have a > lot to answer for. > > One of the nice things about The Internet is you get to make your own > mind up. I could well be mistaken In which case Dr Hass, I apologise, > fancy joining in a bit more or recommending some Parkinson's-specific > sites? > > Some people may feel I shouldn't say anything. But this guy doesn't > look right to me, and I thought I would share that with you, so you > can make your own minds up. > > Simon > > >If you are looking for quality medical news , referenced articles for health > >professionals , consumers and patients then > >http:www.GH2000.com > >will be useful. > >It also has the worlds largest literature search databases - Medline > >,Aidsline , Healthstar , Cancerlit with bibliographic citations from 1966 to > >present with access to full text journal articles. > >Good Luck. > > > > > >On Fri, 15 Oct 1999 12:06:15 EDT, Sharon Y Habing wrote: > > > >> Hi Bill, > >> Fact Sheet 152 from the World Health Organization gives a good > >> description of Parkinson's. www.who.int/inf-fs/en/fact152.html > >> > >> > >> > >> On Fri, 15 Oct 1999 10:49:54 -0500 William Harshaw > >> <[log in to unmask]> writes: > >> >For a speaker, what are the best web sites which give a good, general > >> >introduction to PD? > >> > > >> >Any suggestions or help appreciated. > >> > > >> >Bill > > > > > > > > > > > >________________________________________________________________ > >Get FREE voicemail, fax and email at http://voicemail.excite.com > >Talk online at http://voicechat.excite.com > > --------- My opinions are my own, NIP's opinions are theirs ---------- > Simon J. Coles Email: [log in to unmask] > New Information Paradigms Work Phone: +44 1344 753703 > http://www.nipltd.com/ http://james.parkinsons.org.uk/ > =============== Life is too precious to take seriously ===============