Word: parkinson
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...characters were dressed for a costume party, Michael J. Fox, as deputy mayor Mike Flaherty, burst out of a telephone booth in a Superman suit and cape. The symbolism might have been unintentional, but it was certainly striking: after announcing two weeks ago that he has been afflicted with Parkinson's Disease for the past seven years, the 37-year-old actor seemed as healthy and funny as ever--and like the real Superman, Christopher Reeve, who has been a vocal activist for the rights of the paralyzed, he was joining a public fight against a disease which has struck...
AILING. MICHAEL J. FOX, 37, film and TV actor; of Parkinson's disease. Fox, who stars in ABC's Spin City, disclosed to PEOPLE that the disease was diagnosed in 1991 after he noticed a twitch in his finger during the filming of Doc Hollywood. Fox underwent brain surgery last March for the illness--a progressive degeneration of the central nervous system with no known cure. "I think I can help people by talking," he said...
...today in his Parkinson's-induced silence, Ali has had time to sift through the Muslim blarney and has returned to the more generous wisdom of the late Malcolm X, whom he regrets having deserted. "Malcolm was a very, very great man," he tells the author in his now halting speech. Odessa Clay's sweetness has manifestly overwhelmed Cassius Clay Sr.'s blather, and there is nothing left about their son not to like. At which point Remnick trips, for the first and only time, on his way out the door by tacking on a routine death-of-boxing editorial...
...boost your brainpower? "We have to try to determine whether we might be able to have some positive control over how the human brain cells divide," said Dr. Fred Gage, the team leader. Not to mention whether this could help arrest the neurological loss experienced by Alzheimer?s and Parkinson?s sufferers. Get your thinking caps...
Scientists report a promising new treatment for Parkinson's disease. A study of advanced and even bedridden cases shows that electrically stimulating the brain with implanted electrodes reduces symptoms dramatically. Indeed, most patients who underwent the procedure were well enough to perform everyday tasks again--even while cutting back on their medication...