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Family Ties to Milk and Parkinson's DiseaseWe must have watched all 158 episodes of Family Ties in syndication, and rented what seems to be all 15Back to the Future movies, even though there are only three of them. We laughed at his werewolf movie because Michael J. Fox was a family actor.A family actor is one who grows up with your family intelevision and on the big screen and teaches you adultvalues from a young person's perspective. He was alwaysyoung and we'll forever carry his childlike face and laugh and mannerisms in our minds and hearts. Today, Michael J. Fox has Parkinson's Disease. Parkinson'sis a progressive neurological disease, and we are sad tobe witness as his bad days begin to outnumber his good days.We've seen the symptoms, through Michael J. Fox and hiscourageous communications and heroic effort to promotehuman stem cell research and set up his foundation for such

research.We've witnessed his tremors and slurred speech, and have beentouched by Fox's efforts to find a cure. Science has identifieda cause, and the shame of it all is that so few people haveread that milk consumption may be the etiology of Parkinson'sDisease.The May 1, 2007 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology (2007 165(9):998-1006) reports a strong association between milk consumption and Parkinson's Disease.Teams of researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, and the Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA investigated dairyconsumption data from 130,864 human subjects (57,689 men and 73,175 women) and determined that:"Dairy product consumption was positively associated with risk of Parkinson's disease."The authors conclude:"These

data suggest that dairy consumption may increase the risk of Parkinson's Disease, particularly in men." On April 7, 2006, the Notmilk Letter reported a link betweenmilk consumption and Parkinson's Disease. I wrote:The Notmilk letter has previously reported a link betweendairy consumption and Parkinson's Disease, citing thesetwo scientific links from peer-reviewed journals:"These results suggest that lactotransferrin mayparticipate actively in the mechanism of neuronaldegeneration in Parkinson's disease."Acta Neuropathology, 1996;91(6):566- 72."According to these findings, disruption in the expressionof these proteins in the brain is probably one of theimportant causes of the altered brain iron metabolism inage-related neurodegenerative diseases, includingParkinson's Disease..."Brain Research Review, 1998 Aug;27(3):257- 67.Drinking Milk May Raise Parkinson's Risk in MenFriday

April 07, 2006 (1340 PST)ISLAMABAD: Middle-aged men who drink a glass or two ofmilk each day may be increasing their risk of developingParkinson's disease later in life.The final statistical analysis showed that heavy milk drinkerswere 2.3 times more likely to develop Parkinson's disease thannon-milk drinkers.~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~It does not appear that Michael J. Fox is aware of themilk connection to Parkinson's Disease. He might read yourEMAIL:community@michaeljf ox.orgYou can reach the foundation by calling toll-free:at 1-800-708-7644, or by regular mail: The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's ResearchChurch Street StationP.O. Box 780New York, New York 10008-0780Robert Cohenhttp://www.notmilk. comi4crob (AT) earthlink (DOT) net

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