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NEWS ABOUT: Michael J. Fox

Michael J. Fox stories: 4 news summaries

 Ex-NBA Star 
 Grant  Battles 
 Parkinson's 

Retired forward hopes to help other early-onset sufferers

May 19, 09 1:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Retired NBA forward Brian Grant has gone public with his diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, ESPN reports. The former player, whose career included stints with the Los Angeles Lakers, Portland Trail Blazers, and Miami Heat, said tests in January confirmed he had the disease. He decided to come forward now to... More »

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NBA • Los Angeles Lakers • Miami Heat • Portland Trail Blazers • Parkinson's disease • Michael J. Fox • Jay-ZTV • Brian Grant

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Brit's Dancers 
 Fired for Drugs 

Also: Jamie Lynn goes country, more

Mar 10, 09 11:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sean “Diddy” Combs tells the Huffington Post that, yes, that is the sound of the Notorious BIG receiving—ahem—oral sex during his Ready to Die track. “I think Big would be alright with it,” Combs said of his admission. Elsewhere:
  • Britney Spears’ “beyond strict”
... More »

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television • Britney Spears • drugs • celebrity • country music • Diddy • primetime TV • Jamie Lynn Spears • Notorious B.I.G. • Michael J. Fox • Lil' Kim • Hayden Panettiere • Jade Goody

 Michael J. Fox
 Returns
 to TV 

Will guest star on 'Rescue Me'

Jul 17, 08 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael J. Fox will return to the small screen next year in a four-episode guest role on FX's "Rescue Me,” the AP reports. The “Spin City” star, whose symptoms of Parkinson’s disease have become evident since his 1991 diagnosis, will play the wheelchair-bound love-interest of the... More »

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television • Parkinson's disease • celebrity • guest appearance • Michael J. Fox

Parkinson's Spreads
to Transplanted Cells

Disease found in healthy cells grafted to sufferers' brains

Apr 7, 08 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Transplanting healthy cells into the brains of people with Parkinson's alleviates symptoms, but sufferers showed signs of deterioration as the disease spread to the grafted cells, according to two studies in the journal Nature Medicine. Scientists in Sweden and Chicago discovered similar results in patients who received cell transplants up... More »

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Harvard Medical School • stem cells • Parkinson's disease • medical research • dopamine • Wallenberg Neuroscience Center • Rush University Medical Center • Dalhousie University • brain cell transplants • cell grafts • Lewy bodies • Michael J. Fox • levodopa

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