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Quoted from Infobeat news: *** Muhammad Ali talks about his illness Former heavyweight champ Muhammad Ali, his body gripped by Parkinson's disease, said Monday boxing was a tougher challenge than the illness he has battled for 16 years. The rare public discussion of Ali's health came at a briefing called by drug company Pharmacia & Upjohn to talk about medical advances in treating Parkinson's disease. Ali has been taking one of the company's drugs, Mirapex, approved for the U.S. market in July. But his wife, Lonnie, said the most improvement in his condition came from a different, 50-year-old drug that has brought back his ability to smile. A drug called Artane relaxed facial muscles that had been frozen by the disease. For the full text story, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=4849898-5e8