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>From: Jim Todd <[log in to unmask]> (by way of Joan Martin <[log in to unmask]>) >Subject: Johnny Cash/SDS USA Today Story > >USA Today, November 6, 1997 Issue www.usatoday.com/ > > >"Doctors pinpoint Johnny Cash's ailment" > >"Johnny Cash's diagnosis is finalized: The country legend has Shy-Drager >syndrome, says manager Lou Robin, who adds that the syndrome is 'in the >parkinson's family.' Last week, Cash said he had been diagnosed with >Parkinson's disease and canceled his concert and book tour. The singer was >undergoing more tests at a Nashville hospital Wednesday. There is no cure >for the rare degenerative condition. But many symptoms, including muscle >tremors and slow movements, can be relieved with drugs." > > < News story ends > > >