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What We Fund: $49.7M Supports Parkinson’s Biology Insights and More
April 23, 2025
… Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) announces 70 grants that total $49.7 million awarded in February and March 2025. … and clinicians serving on our Gait Advisors Leading Outcomes for Parkinson’s (GALOP) advisory committee, MJFF made … Using different approaches, the researchers are studying how this pathology affects cognition and other symptoms, …
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Changing Perspective to Change Lives
August 6, 2018
… (PD). Bruce shared his experience with PD and asked us to tell his story in his own words. Read on to learn how Bruce has turned fear and uncertainty into action that … things, and inhibit us from helping our family, friends and communities. But I know firsthand the other lessons …
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Study: Pop a Pepper to Prevent Parkinson’s
May 13, 2013
… are one of those useful foods that can be implemented into a variety of dishes: There are stuffed peppers, sausage … to scientists: Epidemiological data (in which patterns in comparative populations are analyzed) has long supported the … people to eat more peppers, we don’t yet understand how preventive a diet high in these vegetables might be.” In …
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Blood Test May Help Confirm Parkinson's Diagnosis
February 14, 2017
… Parkinson's disease (PD) is a complex and varied disorder with many different potential motor and non-motor symptoms. Early on, it can sometimes be … slowness, stiffness) with PD. No single blood or imaging test exists to diagnose or differentiate these diseases. …
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Majority of Physicians who Treat Parkinson's do not Refer Patients to Clinical Trials, According to National Survey
June 22, 2005
… with Parkinson’s agree that clinical trials are necessary to find better treatments for the disease, the majority of … are among the highlights of a recent nationwide survey commissioned by The Michael J. Fox Foundation for … people about the importance of clinical trials, explain how clinical trials work and provide a comprehensive, …
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Debi Brooks Heads to Capitol Hill to Advocate for Research Collaboration on Behalf of PD Patients
January 29, 2013
… will take part in “The Blueprint of Medical Research: How New Medicines Gets from the Lab to the Patient” Congressional Briefing in Washington, D.C., … of the National Institutes of Health, and Margaret Hamburg, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. …