Michael J. Fox

Many times, you hear about various Parkinson’s foundations donating large sums of money for research. And that’s all wonderful — that’s what it will take to finally find a cure for this thing. But still, it’s nice to see an instance where a foundation ponies up a significant chunk of change for quality of life issues for Parkinson’s patients. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) neurologists Alvaro Pascual-Leone, MD, PhD, and Daniel Tarsy, MD, have been awarded grants totaling more than $1.5 million from the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) to conduct investigations aimed at improving the quality of life for ... Read Full Story

Many times, you hear about various Parkinson’s foundations donating large sums of money for research.  And that’s all wonderful — that’s what it will take to finally find a cure for this thing. But still, it’s nice to see an instance where a foundation ponies up a significant chunk of change for quality of life issues for Parkinson’s patients. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) neurologists Alvaro Pascual-Leone, MD, PhD, and Daniel Tarsy, MD, have been awarded grants totaling more than $1.5 million from the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) to conduct investigations aimed at improving the quality of life for ... Read Full Story

T he Michael J. Fox foundation has announced it will fund four novel approaches to the treatment of Parkinson’s disease symptoms. According to the website Viartis.net , here are the projects. (1) Anders Björklund is assessing the hypothesis that the brain’s Serotonin system plays a role in dyskinesia, the excessive movements brought on by long-term dopamine replacement therapy. The team is initiating a pilot study of Eltoprazine, a medicine capable of blocking inappropriate release of dopamine from serotonin terminals. (2) Daniel Weintraub will conduct the first placebo-controlled trial of an agent to treat impulse control disorders associated with the use of dopamine agonists. Naltrexone, ... Read Full Story

Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist (Hardcover) by Michael J. Fox (Author) Editorial Reviews There are many words to describe Michael J. Fox : Actor. Husband. Father. Activist. But readers of Always Looking Up will soon add another to the list: Optimist. Michael writes about the hard-won perspective that helped him see challenges as opportunities. Instead of building walls around himself, he developed a personal policy of engagement and discovery: an emotional, psychological, intellectual, and spiritual outlook that has served him throughout his struggle with Parkinson’s disease. Michael’s exit from a very demanding, very public arena offered him the time-and the ... Read Full Story

Buy Cheap Lucky Man: A Memoir Buy Low Price From Here Now "Life is great. Sometimes, though, you just have to put up with a little more crap." --Michael J. Fox In September 1998, Michael J. Fox stunned the world by announcing he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease -- a degenerative neurological condition. In fact, he had been secretly fighting it for seven years. The worldwide response was staggering. Fortunately, he had accepted the diagnosis and by the time the public started grieving for him, he had stopped grieving for himself. With the same passion, humor, and energy that Fox has invested in ... Read Full Story