While scouting about for a new GP A friend with PD told me about her experience: She had a female Dr. for awhile thinking the female dr would be more interested in doing some homework on PD. As they talked over several visits my friend came to understand that her married, with children GP had little time for such frivolity as researching PD. She had much better luck with a young male Dr. who was working at building his practice. Of course he had a wife to do his laundry, cook dinner and do all those womanly jobs (oooww, lets not get cynical here now). Her Neurologist was an older fellow who played golf, knew all he wanted (needed) to know, and had a full schedule of patients. She knew more about PD than he did, or at least that seemed to be the case. Now totally disillusioned she went to a witch doctor, who had time to talk to her, do some reading and actualy had some reasonably sane input. Question: Who qualifies as a medical researcher? My Neuro has been challanged several times and found wanting. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.