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Old 03-08-2010, 10:49 AM   #1
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Default Nobel institute honours Michael J. Fox !

This is another great human being... imo !


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Nobel institute honours Michael J. Fox



Published Monday March 8th, 2010 Sweden's Karolinska institute has awarded an honorary degree of medicine to Canadian actor Michael J. Fox for his work to raise funds and awareness for Parkinson's disease.






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The institute, which awards the annual Nobel Prize in medicine, says the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research has since 2000 given more than $175 million to research aimed at developing drugs against the disease.

Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 1991. The disease is a progressive neurological condition that impairs the motor skills.
Fox received the doctorate in a ceremony in New York on Friday.
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Old 03-08-2010, 12:38 PM   #2
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He's on the cover of Zoomer magazine this month - great article - Bryan Adams takes all cover pics and there's some fun pics inside too. Fox is an amazing guy with the most remarkable outlook on life - a life that has been full of adversity since he was in his mid 30's. I've got his first two books and a third will be relased in a month or so. His foundation has made a huge difference for so many people living with Parkinsons..
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Old 03-08-2010, 02:00 PM   #3
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Very good Char, really happy to hear that.
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Old 04-14-2010, 09:22 PM   #4
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He's a young man with a great deal of courage.
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Old 04-15-2010, 10:10 PM   #5
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I think so too, and his wife is also.
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Old 04-17-2010, 09:30 AM   #6
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I think so too, and his wife is also.

I never heard anything much about his wife but something tells me she's a good peson too.
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