In recent years, he also suffered from Shy-Drager, a condition similar to Parkinson's disease that attacks the nervous system and affects muscle control.

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Botox has been approved to treat people with muscle-control disorders, such as uncontrollable blinking and crossed eyes, since 1989.

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The control group showed a decrease in soleus muscle mass and strength, the development of insulin resistance, and a loss of bone mineral density and resistance to breakage.

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The power and financial muscle has moved closer to the final consumer market, to the Mexican mobs who now control much distribution in the United States, and to the Russian mafia in Europe.

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Take a little bit of communist-era central control, a little bit of hyper-capitalist ruthlessness, a big dollop of political muscle and... hey presto you have unbeatable competition.

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