Word: parkinsons
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...maudlin days. His widow Moya (Sarah deLima) and his daughter Medbh (Eileen Nugent), coping with his sudden absence from the house, are joined in mourning by eldest daughter Catherine (Irene Daly), who files in from New York toting Tom (Ciaran Crawford), her fiance. Even aloof son Johnny (Aidan Parkinson) deigns to venture in from London to make an appearance...
TREATING TREMORS The benefits of surgery for Parkinson's may last for at least two years. The surgery, in which overactive brain cells are cauterized, helps control the trembling and stiffness brought on by the disease. It also helps temper the involuntary arm and leg movements triggered by the Parkinson's medication L-dopa...
...bill of health isn't very hopeful. According to an intelligence agency, Arafat has taken to telling close aides that he doesn't think he'll make it to his 70th birthday, two years away. After noticing his trembling hands, some observers believe he has early symptoms of Parkinson's disease. As far as the fainting episode is concerned, a high-ranking aide explains that Arafat, who keeps a notoriously irregular schedule, hadn't slept the two previous nights. But if Arafat, the only leader the Palestinians have known for 28 years, should depart the scene soon, there will...
...drug for treating Parkinson's disease gets FDA approval (Reuters), while thalidomide is back in favor (Reuters...
...during a closed-door Arab summit meeting in Cairo. But TIME Jersusalem Bureau Chief Lisa Beyer reports that few dispassionate observers believe the Palestinian leader is seriously ill. "His hands shake, and his lips tremble, and there is some reasonable speculation that he might have the very beginnings of Parkinson's disease," says Beyer...