I, too, am very glad that you got started... and keep starting every day. It's absolutely true, we each must take responsibility for our own health as today's healthcare "industry" is ultimately designed to make money and actual health seems to be a side-effect much of the time. Actions like this only serve to strengthen that notion, and my resolve to make seriously considered decisions instead of blindly consuming "product". Blind consumerism... now, don't get me started...

Just got back from the AAN - American Academcy of Neurology - in Chicago. Merck was on the front page of the Chicago Tribune on Wednesday but kept giving away 3 different flavors of ice cream cones at their lavish exhibit booth....a popular draw. It's the incentives you see. All the way down to ice cream in the exhibit booth.

By the way, some of the same people who halted GDNF came to Amgen from Merck. Vioxx is frequently used as an excuse for being safe with GDNF. Could it be that the new people didn't want to compete with their old employer?

We have a long way to go to trusting the medical establishment, who seem most interested in improving their businesses.

paula