Word: parkinsonism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...trembling and muscle weakness of Parkinson's disease improved in a small number of patients who received regular electrical pulses to the brain. The patients had fewer painful spasms and were better able to walk and talk after the treatments...
...after he read his poem "Parkinson's Disease," the audience fell silent...
...hemisphere, according to PAHO. Though hard-pressed for basic supplies, Cuban biotech labs still produce the world's only meningitis B vaccine, as well as 39 monoclonal antibodies for treating cancer. The Neurotransplant Center in Havana is rated the best in the world for fetal-tissue transplants to treat Parkinson's disease, a degenerative brain disorder that causes muscle tremors and weakness. One of Cuba's most popular new over-the-counter drugs is PPG, a sugar cane-based medication developed to lower cholesterol; reputedly it also boosts sexual potency...
Television game-show host Bob Barker, 70, describing how he became involved with "Price is Right" model Dian Parkinson. Barker said he decided to disclose the affair, which he said lasted from 1989 to 1991, because Parkinson was threatening to sue him for sexual harassment unless she was paid $8 million...
...lights go red and "Thunder," choreographedby Charles Moulton, begins with the entrance ofdancers outrageously painted and costumed with amedieval flair. An interesting but terribly oddpiece, it features Elizabeth Parkinson leading agroup of pelvic-thrusting dancers scrambling andflinging each other around the stage. Althoughthis segment is more mine than dance, "Thunder" isat its best during the highly choreographedinstances when the uninhibited dancers execute afast-paced and dramatic range of movements. One ofthe best pieces follows Prince's well-known"Purple Rain." Valerie Madina performs a solo in aclown costume with her face painted afrighteningly glowing white. Every facialexpression of hers deepens...