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Legendary Talent at the #FoxGala Helps Raise $4 Million and Celebrates a Transformative Year for PD Science
November 13, 2023
… million of that sum, with $4 million of that total coming from the 2023 event alone. Thanks to the Foundation’s Board of Directors, 100 percent of proceeds from the evening go directly to research programs. #FoxGala … The evening also featured high-energy comedy performances from Dulcé Sloan, George Wallace and Ronny Chieng, and …
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Reuniting a Team of Runners with Parkinson’s: Guest Blogger Bill Bucklew on The Return of Team Synapse
September 27, 2023
… five months (like a homebound kid, watching friends play from a window), along with my Parkinson’s disease (PD) … society and ramp up my training in the wake of recovering from six broken ribs, the positive impact of intense … have learned a lot about myself across life’s spectrum. From the mundane truth that I’m just not a fan of …
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Shaping the Future of Parkinson’s: 2024 State Policy Wins
June 13, 2024
… Testing Protections Federal law prohibits health insurers from using information from genetic testing — like the presence of a gene mutation … did just that, enacting a law that prohibits insurers from increasing premiums or denying, canceling, limiting or …
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Answering Questions on Deep Brain Stimulation
February 3, 2014
… The Michael J. Fox Foundation has a policy of refraining from advocating, endorsing or promoting any drug therapy, … that are not functioning properly. Small electrical pulses from a device similar to a cardiac pacemaker are then used … to which PD motor symptoms are sufficiently controlled (from the patient’s perspective) to determine whether and …
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Diabetes Drug Trial Results Leave Door Open for Other Players
July 27, 2015
… pathways also involved in Parkinson’s disease (PD). A team from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Exploratory … Disease (NET-PD) consortium recently published results from its randomized controlled trial (the gold standard) of … in parallel, your study would be the recommended next step from the findings of that association study — test in a …
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Director of Translational Biomarkers
… position may be hybrid-flex with the opportunity to work from the Foundation’s office in NYC or based remotely from anywhere within the U.S. Primary Duties & … agenda for a major departmental program, leveraging input from the internal team and external advisors Oversees and …