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Awakenings deals with Parkinson's? I thought it was encephalitis. - Montréalais
The patients in Awakenings were suffering from post-encephalitic Parkinsonism. The encephalitis had occurred 50 years earlier and the infection was over. However it had left damage, causing their Parkinsonism. RTC 06:06 Nov 2, 2002 (UTC)
I think it is more than worthwhile to mention amphetamines as a possible cause.
(Minor comment reg. your last statement: the epidemic was in 1919-20 and the movie appears to play in the early fifties...which fits to the CV of Oliver Saks :-)
I'm sorry I edited the page. I was trying to prove to someone it doesn't actually edit it in real-time. Boy was I wrong. I did fix it though. Sorry again.
Ozzy?
Does Ozzy Ozbourne really have Parkinsons Disease? I know he has Parkinsonian symptoms, but I thought it was due to drug-induced damage to the dopaminergic system rather than actual PD. - Sayeth 22:24, Nov 18, 2004 (UTC
"Parkinson Disease" or "Parkinson's Disease"
The first name seems to be the more popular and proper one, being referenced more often in recent literature and on Google. taion 11:10, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)
"inclinations towards Catholicism"
Is this a bogus edit?
removed Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Hepburn did not have Parkinson's Disease. She had a condition called Essential tremor.