Parkinson's disease

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She didn’t officially retire from acting until around 2010, and by 2015 she had gone public with her Parkinson’s disease diagnosis.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

Last year his family divulged that Mueller had been suffering from Parkinson’s disease for several years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

Nearly one million people in the United States are living with Parkinson's disease, a progressive neurological disorder that causes tremors, muscle stiffness, and increasing difficulty with movement.

From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026

When the independent MSP, who had Parkinson's disease, died in 2014, her second attempt at legislation, the Assisted Suicide Bill was taken up by Patrick Harvie of the Scottish Greens.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Today, however, we remember him for his landmark study of the affliction then called the "shaking palsy," but known ever since as Parkinson’s disease.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson