Word: parkinsonism
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...announcement in itself was without precedent. Spaniards had long been forbidden even to speculate publicly about the timing of el Caudillo's death. Although he was known to suffer from Parkinson's disease, so far as Spanish officialdom was concerned, the only times he had ever been indisposed were when he had a couple of teeth extracted and when he suffered a gunshot wound in the hand while hunting. Last week the government rushed out photographs showing the diminutive (5 ft. 3 in.) and frail general walking into the hospital without assistance, and doctors said his condition...
...Parkinson's disease dying out? The "shaking palsy" that Dr. James Parkinson, a London physician, distinguished in 1817 was relatively uncommon until the 1930s, when this ancient nervous disorder inexplicably erupted to nearly epidemic proportions. Now new cases of Parkinsonism are appearing less frequently, prompting a debate as to whether this scourge of the mid-20th century may in fact be disappearing...
...Mitchell, Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Charles Colson, Robert Mardian, Kenneth Parkinson and Gordon Strachan...
...develop worsening symptoms, and sometimes permanent paralysis, over a period of several hours after the initial episode. It also suggests a way in which the damage that follows a stroke may be lessened. Drugs are now available to restore proper neurotransmitter balances in patients suffering from depression, schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease. Proper use of these drugs after a stroke might restore the balance in survivors and reverse some of the damage...
...days earlier in the Wategate cover-up on charges that carry a possible penalty of another 25 years. He and the other six cover-up conspirators pleaded innocent to all charges last week before Judge Sirica. The others were Haldeman, Colson, John Mitchell, Robert Mardian, Gordon Strachan and Kenneth Parkinson. At the same time, Colson and Ehrlichman pleaded not guilty to the Fielding burglary charges. All were ordered to surrender their passports and to notify the court of any change of address...