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How I Told My Kids About My Parkinson's Diagnosis
March 28, 2012
… “Were you born with Parkinson’s”. “Well, it’s a little complicated…” I began. This is just one of many questions … over the years. “Does your medicine make you feel better?” “How can you swallow so many pills?” “Mama, why are you … pictures or polishing their nails and sometimes not so much. Sometimes she needs a bit of time before she can do an …
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Giving Tuesday 2016: #FoxItForward and Support a Cure for Parkinson's Disease
November 21, 2016
… Monday, Giving Tuesday is an international day dedicated to giving back to your favorite causes. This year, it falls … (PD) research front and center. Here are two simple ways to get involved and rally your community to action: Make a donation and help us Fox It …
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What We Fund: $60.6M for Tools to Detect PD and Therapies to Treat It
June 27, 2025
… Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) announces 69 grants that total $60.6 million awarded in April and May 2025. These … targeting mitochondria. More PPMI-driven research is coming, including from MJFF’s new PPMI Biofluid Biomarkers … To support the development of MRI biomarkers that overcome these challenges, MJFF opened the Molecular MRI …
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Thank You for Supporting Parkinson's Research!
December 3, 2014
… A big thank you to our community for making this year's giving season so … and belief in the Foundation certainly lived on today. Altogether, our community: Raised $390,549 on Tuesday Made 1,647 …
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Back to the Future: A Cruise to End Parkinson’s
May 28, 2015
… a few members who are transforming their passion for film to help speed a cure for Parkinson’s disease. Know a Back to … Q&A with cast and crew in attendance, screenings with live commentary and more! Interested in joining Jeffrey on this … your BTTF passion into an opportunity to fundraise in support of Parkinson's research, join Team Fox today! …
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PET Neuroimaging Study of the Brain Serotonin Transporter in Parkinson's Disease: Relationship to Clinical Depression
… in many cases is more disabling than the impairment of motor function. Since the original discovery by Oleh … PD patients. [11C]-DASB binding to SERT by PET will be compared in groups of non-depressed and depressed patients … or absence of depression as well as a formal battery of tests to assess presence of any cognitive or sleep …