Michael Parkinson

Michael Parkinson is known for his empathy and his warmth, and his attentiveness - qualities on full display to more than 2000 people who packed Auckland's ASB Theatre for Parky - The One-Man Show . Here is the latest selection...  

NEW YORK, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF) today announced $1.5 million in total awards to six research teams working to develop potentially disease-modifying therapies for Parkinson's disease. The funding was awarded under the Novel Approaches to Drug Discovery for Parkinson's Disease program, made possible by funding from Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN), a neuroscience-based...  

Michael J. Fox surprised fans at a Parkinson's Disease event on Saturday (21Nov09) by performing alongside rockers Steven Tyler, Roger Daltrey and Elvis Costello.   The musicians rocked with the Back to the Future star, who suffers from the disease, at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel for the A Funny Thing Happened on the Way To Cure Parkinson...  

Michael Becker submits:In our August 2009 article titled “Treating Parkinson’s Disease: Investment Opportunities and Challenges,” we reviewed some of the historical challenges associated with developing treatments for Parkinson’s disease [PD] and cited reasons for optimism going forward in addition to highlighting several promising companies making progress. Since that time, many of the companies we featured have reported clinical progress...  

Retired talk show host Sir Michael Parkinson has returned in front of the camera to film a TV special with Australian stars of sport, TV and music watching on. Parkinson, 74, who's in the country for his one-man stage show, regaled a celebrity ...