Word: parkinsonism
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...basic facts of my life. Few know the lessons I took from my experiences and the stories, poems and spiritual teachings that helped guide my life. I asked my daughter Hana to write them down. I hope they will inspire others. What is it like to live with Parkinson's? Now the things that once were so effortless--my strong voice and the quickness of my movements--are more difficult. But I get up every day and try to live life to the fullest because each day is a gift from God. There are people counting...
...SUFFERING FROM PARKINSON'S, AND YOU HAD TWO SERIOUS FALLS EARLIER THIS YEAR. HOW ARE YOU FEELING...
While I know something about the history of my parents' health--my father had prostate cancer at a relatively young age and suffered from macular degeneration and Parkinson's disease, and my mother died of lung cancer--there's plenty I don't know. What were my parents' cholesterol numbers and blood pressures? I assume I would have known if either suffered from diabetes, but I can't swear to that. And when it comes to my grandparents, whose genes I also have, I'm even more in the dark...
...against Republicans, who have traditionally enjoyed an electoral advantage on "values," the Democrats showcased it with a prime-time convention speech by the well-known medical expert Ron Reagan. Message? On the one side are the forces of the good, on the verge of curing such terrible afflictions as Parkinson's, diabetes and spinal-cord injury. On the other are the forces of reaction and superstition who, slaves to a primitive religiosity, would condemn millions to suffer and die. Or as Reagan subtly put it, the choice is "between reason and ignorance, between true compassion and mere ideology...
...injecting a patient's DNA into an egg from which the genetic material has been removed. He then hopes to harvest the embryonic stem cells--which can develop into almost any organ--and coax them to produce insulin in diabetics. Stem cells may also hold promise for victims of Parkinson's and heart disease. Controversy has arisen from the fact that he is creating and discarding embryos. For many people, that is morally unacceptable. In the U.S., the Bush Administration has limited funding for stem-cell research for that reason--a decision that is now a campaign issue. "I have...