In 2009 Mr. Rainwater was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy, a degenerative neurological disease.

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Doctors diagnosed Funicello with multiple sclerosis, a degenerative neurological disease, in 1987.

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McDonald's (nyse: MCD - news - people) will post first-quarter and full-year earnings below Wall Street expectations, largely because mad-cow, a degenerative neurological disease that can infect humans who eat tainted beef, has scared Europeans away from the company's beef.

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"The results of this program will help upper-limb amputees and spinal cord injury patients, as well as those who have lost the ability to use their natural limbs, to have as normal a life as possible despite severe injuries or degenerative neurological disease, " McLoughlin said.

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