Treatment may not be necessary at all when no symptoms are present. When an asymptomic patient is diagnosed with Type I Chiari, regular monitoring by a neurosurgeon may be all that's needed. (See Doctors Who Treat Chiari.) Type I Chiari, once diagnosed, is rarely progressive. However, since a small number of patients may show progressive symptoms or MRI changes, ongoing monitoring is recommended. Treatment for Type I Chiari relies on a surgical procedure aimed at making more room at the site of compression.
Lively atmosphere of the Kennedy administration in the 1960's. Spirit of America suddenly brought to a close at Kennedy's assassination. The term Camelot was applied to the presidency of John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) by his wife, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (1929-1994). Camelot refers to the seat of the court of the legendary King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table; it has come to mean a place or time of idyllic happiness.
One of the members of HUAC in the late 1940s was a first-term U.S. representative from California named Richard Nixon. Nixon played a prominent role in the Alger Hiss spy hearings in 1948; 20 years later, he was elected the 37th president of the United States.