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09Nov2011
Derek Pulchinski

Michael J. Fox an Inspiration

Just listened to Michael J. Fox this morning at the OHA Health Achieve Conference in Toronto.  His words were inspirational and very informative.  With a family member recently being diagnosed with Parkinsons' Disease, his presentation was well documented by the press as noted: THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - Although Michael J. Fox turned 50 this year, the boyish actor who charmed audiences in "Family Ties" and "Back to the Future" says his battle to find a cure for Parkinson's disease keeps him young and too busy to feel ill. The Emmy Award-winning star told roughly 2,000 people gathered at a North American health conference Tuesday that his condition appears to have plateaued and that once-severe episodes of Dyskinesia — a movement disorder that causes him involuntary tremors

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